Valparaiso University women’s basketball freshman Shay Frederick (Greenville, Wis. / Hortonville) was recognized for her immediate contributions on the court this season on Wednesday as she was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team.

Frederick became the first Valpo player to garner MVC All-Freshman team honors and the first to do so in any conference since Meredith Hamlet was a member of the 2015-16 Horizon League All-Freshman Team.

The rookie point guard is averaging 8.0 points per game and ranks seventh in the conference and first among freshmen with 3.2 assists per contest. She is 11^th in The Valley in steals per game with 1.6, 14^th overall and third among freshmen in made 3s per game at 1.6 and second overall and first among freshmen in assist to turnover ratio at 2.0.

Frederick assumed the role of starting point guard due to an injury to another player and made an immediate splash, scoring a career-high 21 points and dishing out a career-best eight assists in her first career start on Feb. 1 vs. Bradley.

Frederick and her teammates will battle Indiana State in the first round of Hoops in the Heartland on Thursday at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.

First Team                       Yr.  Pos.   Ht.     Hometown (Previous School)

Sammie Bachrodt, Drake #%            Sr.        G        5-10       Wichita, Kan. (Kapaun Mt. Carmel)

Chelsea Brackmann, Bradley             Jr.        F         6-1        New Berlin, Wis. (Eisenhower)

Danielle Gitzen, Missouri State         Sr.        G        5-10       Victoria, Minn. (Chanhassen)

Simone Goods, Illinois State &          Sr.        F         6-2        Omaha, Neb. (Kirkwood CC)

Gabi Haack, Bradley                          So.       G        5-10       Elk River, Minn. (Elk River)

Becca Hittner, Drake #*                     Jr.        G         6-0        Urbandale, Iowa (Dowling Catholic)

TeTe Maggett, Illinois State                Jr.        G         5-9        North Chicago, Ill. (Vincennes)

Nicole Martin, Southern Illinois #      Jr.        F         6-1        Jefferson City, Mo. (Jefferson City)

Abby O'Connor, Loyola                       So.       G         6-0        South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph)                                                              

Sara Rhine, Drake #                           Jr.        F         6-1        Eldon, Mo. (Eldon)

Karli Rucker, UNI                                So.       G         5-6        Eldridge, Iowa (North Scott)

#2018 First Team; &2018 Honorable Mention; *2017 First Team; %2017 Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (Previous School)

Brice Calip, Missouri State                So.   G            5-8         Sapulpa, Okla. (Sapulpa)

Maddy Dean, Drake &                        Sr.    G            5-9         Jordan, Minn. (Jordan)

Jasmine Franklin, Missouri State      Fr.    F             6-1          Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville)

Lasha Petree, Bradley                        Fr.    G            6-0          Detroit, Mich. (Arbor Prep)                                                              

Makenzie Silvey, Southern Illinois    So.   G           5-11        Glen Carbon, Ill. (Edwardsville)

Alexa Willard, Missouri State #          Jr.    G            6-2          Lebanon, Mo. (Stoutland)

#2018 First Team; &2018 Honorable Mention   

All-Defensive Team      Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (Previous School)

Sammie Bachrodt, Drake                   Sr.        G        5-10       Wichita, Kan. (Kapaun Mt. Carmel)

Chelsea Brackmann, Bradley             Jr.        F         6-1        New Berlin, Wis. (Eisenhower)

Danielle Gitzen, Missouri State             Sr.        G        5-10       Victoria, Minn. (Chanhassen)

Abby O'Connor, Loyola                       So.       G         6-0        South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph)

Ashli O'Neal, Indiana State                 Jr.        G         5-5        Wyoming, Ohio (Wyoming)

All-Freshman Team     Pos. Ht. Hometown (Previous School)

Allison Day, Loyola                                      F            6-1           Winchester, Ohio (Eastern)

Jasmine Franklin, Missouri State              F            6-1           Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville)

Shay Frederick, Valparaiso                        G             5-7         Greenville, Wis. (Hortonville)

Janae Gonzales, Loyola                              G            5-8          Tolleson, Ariz. (Sierra Linda)

Lasha Petree, Bradley                                G            6-0           Detroit, Mich. (Arbor Prep)