Taylor May Voted NACC Freshman of the Year

2017 Feb 23

The Rockford University women's basketball team had a pair of Regents honored on Thursday when the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference released its 2016-17 all-conference selections. Senior Mallorie Getzelman (Byron, Ill.) earned Second Team All-NACC recognition for the first time in her collegiate career, while freshman Taylor May (East Moline, Ill.) was named the NACC Freshman of the Year and also earned NACC Honorable Mention status. May becomes the first RU women's basketball player in the history of the program to be voted NACC Freshman of the Year. This also marks the first time since the 2010-11 season that Rockford had multiple individuals recognized by the NACC in its postseason awards.

Freshman Taylor May raked in a pair of postseason awards when she was voted NACC Honorable Mention and became the first ever RU women's basketball player to be named NACC Freshman of the Year. May finished sixth in the conference in scoring and led all freshman by a wide margin averaging 17.6 points per game. She also finished twelfth in the NACC in rebounding and second among freshman hauling in 6.6 rebounds per game. May rounded out her stat line this season by averaging 1.7 assists, 1.5 steals and leading the Regents with 0.7 blocks per game.