NEW ORLEANS - App State senior
Emily Carver has earned Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference First Team honors, the league announced on Monday.
Carver, who was a 2023-24 Preseason Third Team All-SBC selection, averaged 13.5 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game and 1.8 assists per game last season. At the close of the 2023-24 season, the Asheville, N.C., native ranked fourth in the league and 66th in the NCAA in 3-pointers per game (2.29), ranked ninth in the SBC in 3-point percentage (32.7) and rounded out the conference's top-10 in steals per game (1.79). At the guard position, Carver recorded double figures in 18 games, including seven consecutive games from Jan. 27 to Feb. 22. Carver was the Mountaineers' top scorer in seven games and top rebounder in three games last year. She also collected Sun Belt Player of the Week accolades for her efforts on the court against the College of Charleston (Dec. 5), where she recorded a career-high 28 points, and Richmond (Dec. 10), where she drained a career-high seven treys.
Carver is one of ten Mountaineers to have earned spots on the Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference team since the Mountaineers joined the conference in 2014. She is also the fourth Mountaineer to earn a spot on an SBC preseason team multiple times, following Pre Stanley and Bailey Plummer, who earned preseason All-SBC honors twice in their careers, and Madi Story, who was a three-time preseason selection.
The Mountaineers will start the 2024-25 campaign in Oxford, Ohio, as they take on Miami (Ohio) for the first game of this season's MAC-SBC Challenge.
2024 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Awards
Preseason Player of the Year:
Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
Emily Carver, App State
Aislynn Hayes, Marshall
Crystal Henderson, Georgia State
Jakayla Johnson, ULM
Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Mikyla Tolivert, Georgia State
*Ties were not broken
Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team
En'Dya Buford, Old Dominion
Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
Jaylyn James, Louisiana
Kseniia Kozlova, James Madison
Katlyn Manuel, ULM
Shaulana Wagner, Troy
*Ties were not broken
Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team
Ramsey Alancia, Coastal Carolina
Zay Dyer, Troy
Anna Griffin, Arkansas State
Kelsey Thompson, Old Dominion
Ro Scott, James Madison
2024 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
1. James Madison (12) – 191
2. Troy (2) – 169
3. Old Dominion - 167
4. ULM - 150
5. Louisiana - 122
6. Marshall - 118
7. Southern Miss - 113
8. Georgia State - 107
9. Coastal Carolina - 77
10. Texas State - 67
11. App State - 61
12. Georgia Southern - 53
13. Arkansas State - 50
14. South Alabama - 25
Previous App State SBC Preseason All-Conference Team Honorees
First Team
Maryah Sydnor (2014-15)
Madi Story (2017-18)
Second Team
Madi Story (2016-17, 2018-19)
Bayley Plummer (2018-19, 2019-20)
Pre Stanley (2020-21)
Janay Sanders (2022-23)
Third Team
Joi Jones (2015-16)
Lapresha Stanley (2018-19)
Pre Stanley (2019-20)
Michaela Porter (2021-22)
Faith Alston (2022-23)
Emily Carver (2023-24)
