UMW Sports Press Release
The Frontier Conference released the 2023-24 Men's and Women's Basketball
Preseason All-Conference teams and polls this week. The Bulldog women's basketball team was selected to finish fourth. The men's team was selected to finish last in the polls.
Bulldog Women's Basketball senior Jordan Sweeney was named to the preseason all-conference team. Sweeney, a junior from Oakley, Calif., joined the Bulldogs last season after spending three seasons at Idaho State University.
Sweeney was quick to make an impact, earning all-conference and All-American honors last season. She was also named Frontier Conference Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-Conference honors after she averaged 13.1 points per game, 3.7 assists per game, 3.8 rebounds per game, and shot 43.1 percent from the field. She was named to the NAIA Women's Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team.
Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
1st Montana Tech (5) 25 points
2nd Rocky Mountain (1) 21 points
3rd MSU-Northern 16 points
4th Providence 12 points
5th Carroll College 9 points
6th Montana Western 7 points
Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
1st Carroll College (5) 25 points
2nd Providence (1) 19 points
2nd Rocky Mountain 19 points
4th Montana Western 12 points
4th MSU-Northern 9 points
6th Montana Tech 7 points
Full List - The preseason all-conference teams were selected by the league's coaches who were not allowed to vote for their own players. After the preseason Player of the Year, the preseason all-conference team is listed in alphabetical order by player's school.
2023-2024 Women's Basketball Preseason Players of the Year
Jamie Pickens, Carroll College, 6-2, graduate student forward; Helena, Mont.
2023-2024 Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
Morgan Baird, Rocky Mountain College, 5-11, junior forward; Coquille, Ore.
Maddy Dixon, Providence, 6-0, senior center; Pomeroy, Wash.
Kyndall Keller, Carroll College, 5-9, senior guard; Havre, Mont.
Ashlee Maldonado, Providence, 5-7, graduate student guard; Sunnyside, Wash.
Jordan Sweeney, Montana Western, 5-7, senior guard; Oakley, Calif.
2023-2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year:
Caleb Bellach, Montana Tech, 6-7, senior forward; Manhattan, Mont.
2023-2024 Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
Andrew Cook, Carroll College, 6-4, junior guard; Huntington Beach, Calif.
Davien Harris-William, Providence, 6-0, senior guard; Tacoma, Wash.
Kael Robinson, Rocky Mountain College, 6-7, senior guard, Hamilton, New Zealand
Maxim Stephens, Rocky Mountain College, 6-9, senior forward, Hamilton, New Zealand
Asa Williams, Montana Tech, 6-6, senior forward, Solon, Ohio
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