Competitve Season Nets Women's Basketball All-Conference Selections

Locking down a three-peat OEC winning season, the Orange Coast College Pirates laid claim to the conference MVP in Alyssa Dreessen. An all-around player, Dreessen was last season's Defensive Player of the Year. This season, she is 8th in the OEC scoring 13.2 ppg. Dreessen tops the conference averaging 2 blocks a game, 8.5 rebounds, 1.4 steals, and 1.3 assists per game.  

The honor of Offensive Player of the Year went to Santa Ana College's Anaya Beard, who averaged 16.3 points a game, 9.1 rebounds, and 1.3 steals.

Earning Defensive Player of the Year, Christaesha Jackson of Cypress averaged 10.1 rebounds, 1,3 assists, 1.8 steals, and 0.9 blocks a game.

Cypress College Coach Brittany Imaku was named as the OEC Coach of the Year after a strong run in the OEC finishing in second (9-3 OEC, 20-8 overall) just one game behind first-place Orange Coast College. This is the first COY award for third-year Head Coach Imaku, who had been a state champion point guard and then assistant coach under longtime Coach Margaret Mohr for six seasons.

2024-25 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE TEAM

Most Valuable Player - Alyssa Dreessen, Orange Coast
Offensive Player of the Year - Anaya Beard, Santa Ana
Defensive Player of the Year - Christaesha Jackson, Cypress
OEC Coach of the Year - Brittany Imaku, Cypress

First-Team All-Conference
Alyssa Dreessen, Orange Coast
Larissa Robles, Santa Ana
Kalysa Ng, Cypress
Christaesha Jackson, Cypress
Myia Collins, Orange Coast
Anaya Beard, Santa Ana
Moka Saiki, Irvine Valley
Xochitl Hood, Fullerton
N'Dya Parks, Riverside
Zoie Lamkin, Orange Coast

Second-Team All-Conference
Melaiah Joseph, Orange Coast
Symantha Barnett, Irvine Valley
Journie Hayden, Cypress
Mia Rivera, Santa Ana
Kaylee Shimoda, Fullerton
Chelsea Caldera, Cypress
Erin Choi, Fullerton
Naveah Pina, Riverside
Kiki Graham, Santa Ana
Taliah Washington, Riverside

Release by Phil Thurman, Fullerton