Des Moines, Ia. – The Midwest Collegiate Conference announced it women’s basketball all-conference honors. Twenty-one athletes were recognized as part of the all-conference teams as voted by the coaches; ten to the First Team and eleven to the Honorable Mention Team.

St. Ambrose sophomore guard Jenny Clark (Cambridge, Ill.) was selected as the MCC Player of the Year. Clark led the MCC in assists (5.21 apg), and was among MCC leaders in scoring (7^th – 13.9 ppg), steals (2^nd – 3.21 spg), three-point goals made (2^nd - 2.64/g), three-point field goal percentage (11^th - 34.6%), and assist-to-turnover ratio (2^nd – 1.87).

“It's really nice to see that Jenny has been recognized for her entire body of work over the season,” said St. Ambrose head coach Nathan Altenhofen.

“She has had some tough games since her foot injury, but I am pleased with the respect that the MCC coaches have for her importance to our team. A lot of our success this season due to the attention the other coaches have shown her in their game plans and the ability of our other players to step up.”

St. Ambrose freshman guard Ali Dolphin (Marshalltown, Ia.) was named the MCC Newcomer of the Year. Dolphin led the MCC in scoring (16.2 ppg), steals (3.31 spg), and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.19). She was among MCC leaders in rebounding (8^th – 6.8 rpg), field goal percentage (6^th – 52.9%), assists (7^th - 3.56 apg), free throw percentage (10^th – 75.3%), and blocks (4^th – 1.0 bpg).

"This is an awesome award for Ali as she has proven to be one of the top 2-3 players in the conference," Coach Altenhofen said.

“I thought that she had this award sewn up pretty fast and she had to be up there for player of the year as well. She has been our top player in several games and could have been the league's MVP. I think it is really great that our two most valuable players have been recognized and they have been justly so rewarded”

Altenhofen was selected by her peers as the MCC Coach of the Year. In his first year at the helm of the Queen Bees, Altenhofen led his team to a 14-2 record in conference play, the MCC regular season title, and the MCC Tournament title. The Queen Bees (28-5) have appeared in the national ratings every week this season, and are currently the No. 15 ranked team in the NAIA Division II women’s poll. Altenhofen recorded his 100^th career win this season and has the best record of any first year coach in St. Ambrose women's basketball history.

“Coach Nate did an outstanding job of getting the women ready to play hard and together. It truly is impressive given the fact that we had such a young and inexperienced team to start the year. Coach Nate very much deserves this recognition for his performance as well as his team’s,” said St. Ambrose athletic director Ray Shovlain.