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RICHARDSON, Texas –– McMurry University senior guard Symbri Tuttle and Mississippi College senior forward Lacey Kennedy – both American Southwest Conference record holders – were named division players of the year to headline the 2007 ASC Women’s Basketball All-Conference and All-Division selections, the league office announced on Monday (Feb. 26) following a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches.

Tuttle (Arlington, Texas), the ASC’s all-time assists leader, is averaging a league-best 7.75 assists this season as her ASC tournament runner-up and West Division team McMurry enters the NCAA tournament. Her 217 total assists is 71 better than anyone else in the league. Tuttle also has the best assists-to-turnover ratio (3.50) in the ASC and averages 7.8 points per game. She has a team-high 56 steals and hit 29 of 31 free throws in conference play. Tuttle is third on the NCAA Division III all-time assists chart.

Kennedy (Brookhaven, Mississippi), the ASC’s all-time leading scorer, led the conference in both scoring (21.5) and rebounding (10.2) this season. No other player in the ASC averages over 20 points or double figures in rebounding. Her free throw percentage of 85 is also a league high. Kennedy, who earned the same top East Division player honor in 2004 and was recently name a Jostens Trophy Finalist, also grabbed 57 steals and logged the third most minutes in the conference.

Tuttle and Kennedy each broke their respective ASC records this season – Kennedy on Feb. 6 to end a mark that stood for seven seasons and Tuttle on Nov. 28 to end a milestone capped in 2006. Tuttle and Kennedy were also first team selections in their respective divisions as well as ASC All-Conference picks, joined by McMurry junior center Tarra Richardson (Fort Worth, Texas), Howard Payne University junior guard Meia Daniels (Fort Worth, Texas) and University of Texas at Tyler’s Sarah Stanley (Rockwall, Texas).

Hardin-Simmons University senior guard Lyssa Dennard (Decatur, Texas) totaled 57 steals despite averaging only 25.7 minutes per game on her way to being named ASC West Division Defensive Player of the Year, while Texas-Tyler senior guard RaTonya Hunter (Athens, Texas) swiped a league-high 3.88 steals to earn the title of East Division Defensive Player of the Year.

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor forwards TaeLee Cisneros (Nixon, Texas) and Kallie White (Kingsland, Texas) shared the top freshman award from the West, while East Texas Baptist University forward Lori Lewis (Houston, Texas) took that honor from the East. Hardin-Simmons sophomore guard Jeni Hobbs (Edmond, Oklahoma) and Texas-Tyler senior center LaKeisha Grant (Marshall, Texas) were tabbed as top newcomers.

Howard Payne’s Chris Kielsmeier was voted West Division Coach of the year after guiding his squad to ASC and West Division titles, as well as a program-best No. 3 national ranking. East Texas Baptist’s Lisa Curlis-Taylor, who led her Lady Tigers to a division championship with a perfect record against East opponents, was named East Division Coach of the Year.

Complete All-Conference teams, award winners and All-Division teams follow: