Saddleback Takes Top Honors in All-OEC Selections

Saddleback Takes Top Honors in All-OEC Selections

At the annual post-conference women's basketball coaches meeting, the OEC coaches selected the First and Second All-Orange Empire Conference Teams while also selecting a Most Valuable Player and Coach of the Year.

Saddleback College's Janae Omusi was named the OEC Most Valuable Player. Cypress College Head Coach Margaret Mohr and Saddleback's Fentriss Winn were named Co-Coach of the Year.

Coach Mohr followed up her 2016 OEC Championship season with another title in 2017. She led the Chargers to an 11-1 conference record with their only loss coming at Saddleback. Coach Winn led the Gauchos to a bounce-back season, where they finished second in the conference and won 20+ games for the first time in nine years.

Omusi, an Iowa Western College transfer, was a game changer for the Gauchos this season. She led the conference in points-per-game (19.9) and finished fifth in rebounds-per-game (9.3). Omusi finished in double-figures in every conference game this season, including a season-high 35 points against Fullerton College.

The complete All-Orange Empire Conference list is below.

Co-Coach of the Year- Margaret Mohr, Cypress College & Fentriss Winn, Saddleback College

Most Valuable Player- Janae Omusi, Saddleback College

FIRST TEAM

Janae Omusi, Saddleback College

Blaysen Varnadoe, Santa Ana College

Chiderah Uzowuru, Riverside College

Sylvia Garcia, Cypress College

Michelle Wu, Orange Coast College

Alyssa Movchan, Cypress College

Kiahza Ginwright, Saddleback College

Paradise Hanchett, Riverside College

Britney Gonzalez, Riverside College

Chyann Pendergrass, Orange Coast College

SECOND TEAM

Dominique Culhno, Cypress College

Tristian Johns, Fullerton College

Monica Hanna, Fullerton College

Taylor Ivicevic, Santa Ana College

Kydell Pearson, Irvine Valley College

Kara Ito, Saddleback College

Laura Tapia, Saddleback College

Serena Saba, Irvine Valley College

Sydney Driggs, Orange Coast College

Joi Bertrand, Cypress College

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