NEW ORLEANS - Appalachian State University women's basketball junior
Bayley Plummer was named Third-Team All-Sun Belt, as the league office announced postseason awards on Monday.
Plummer garners All-Sun Belt honors for the second straight season after being named all-third team in 2017-18.
The junior was one of the top inside forces in the Sun Belt, as her 12.1 rebounds per game lead the conference, while her 1.3 blocks per game are fourth in the league. Plummer registered 21 games with 10 or more rebounds and posted a league-high two games with at least 20 boards. She's the first player since Chastity Gooch (WKU) in 2012-13 to lead the conference in rebounding in consecutive seasons. Her rebounding average is the highest in the league since 1993-94 when Travesa Grant (Lamar) averaged 13.2 rebounds per game. Plummer is one of eight players in league history to lead the conference in rebounds in back-to-back years.
Also, the Thomasville, N.C. shattered the junior rebounding record, surpassing Valorie Whiteside's mark of 311 rebounds. Plummer now owns two of the single-season rebounding records for a class. She is fifth all-time with 877 rebounds and sixth in school history with 111 blocks. Plummer posted 10 or more rebounds in the Mountaineers' first 15 conference games, which is tied for the second-longest streak in the nation with Megan Gustafson of Iowa.
She has 10 games with at least 15 rebounds and one game with at least 15 points and 15 boards after a stellar performance of 16 points, 21 rebounds and three blocks in a home win over Marshall.
Plummer is 11th among the nation's active leaders in rebounds per game (9.6 rpg), while she is eighth in the country in rebounding.
The paint presence has become one of the key cogs for the Mountaineers' bounce-back season in which their 16-13 mark is the first winning record under
Angel Elderkin. App State's nine-win improvement from last season is tied for the largest increase in the conference with Georgia State. App State doubled its conference win total with 10 victories en route to a fifth-place finish.
App State will play in the second round game of the Sun Belt Tournament against the winner of Coastal Carolina and Arkansas State on Wednesday at 12:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am CT at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.
All-Sun Belt First Team
Ronjanae DeGray, Little Rock (Sr. F, Odessa, Texas)
DJ Williams, Coastal Carolina (Jr., G, Moreno Valley, Calif.)
Antoinette Lewis, South Alabama (So., F, Memphis, Tenn.)
Cierra Johnson, UTA (RS-Sr., G, Bedford, Texas)
Toshua Leavitt, Texas State (Sr., G, Nixa, Mo.)
All-Sun Belt Second Team
Kyra Collier, Little Rock (Jr., G, North Little Rock, Ark.)
Alexis Brown, Georgia Southern (Jr., G, Madison, Ga.)
Jada Lewis, Georgia State (So., G, Powder Springs, Ga.)
Savannah Jones, South Alabama (So., G, Ocean Springs, Miss.)
Sky'Lynn Holmes, Troy (Sr., F, Mount Pleasant, Texas)
All-Sun Belt Third Team
Bayley Plummer, Appalachian State (Jr., C, Thomasville, N.C.)
Tori Lasker, Little Rock (So., G, Mayflower, Ark.)
Peyton Martin, Arkansas State (So., F, Pine Bluff, Ark.)
Allison Johnson, Georgia State (Sr., F, Norcross, Ga.)
Arsula Clark, ULM (So., G, Douglasville, Ga.)
Sun Belt Women's Basketball Co-Players of the Year
Ronjanae DeGray, Little Rock (Sr. F, Odessa, Texas)
Cierra Johnson, UTA (RS-Sr., G, Bedford, Texas)
Sun Belt Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
Sky'Lynn Holmes, Troy (Sr., F, Mount Pleasant, Texas)
Sun Belt Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Brandi Williams, Louisiana (Fr., G, Lake Charles, La.)
Sun Belt Women's Basketball Newcomer of the Year
Allison Johnson, Georgia State (Sr., F, Norcross, Ga.)
Sun Belt Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
Krista Gerlich, UTA
