Sherrod Named Conference MVP, Mountain View Claims 11 All-DAC Honors
Dallas College Mountain View's Devon Sherrod was named the Dallas Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Most Valuable Player.
Lions teammate Leah Jones was selected as the league's Freshman of the Year. Shaviante Cobb was voted the Defensive Player of the Year. Keitha Dickerson was named the DAC Coach of the Year.
Sherrod, Cobb and Jones also earned First Team All-DAC honors, while Kimberly Cohen was named to the Second Team. Laela Harris, Asia Smith and Tokina Nagai received honorable mention all-conference honors.
A sophomore guard from Grand Prairie, Texas, Sherrod averaged 22 points points per game, which ranks fourth in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III. She led the team in rebounds (9.8) and assists (3.4) per game, and had 4.4 steals per contest. Sherrod enters next week's NJCAA Division III Championship Tournament two points shy of 1,000 in her Mountain View career, which began in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 spring season. She shot 46.7 percent from the field and 41.5 percent from three-point range. Sherrod has scored in double figures in every game this season, and all but one in her three-year junior college career. She was named the NJCAA Division III National Player of the Week after the final week of the regular season.
A freshman point guard from Waco, Texas, Cobb averaged 12.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.7 steals, and had a 45.7 percent field goal shooting percentage. She scored in double figures in 14 games, and had three double-doubles, including twice while dishing out 10 assists.
Jones, a freshman guard from Fort Worth, averaged 13.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, three assists and a team-best 5.7 steals per game, which led the nation. While shooting 47 percent, she scored in double figures in 10 games. Jones had six double-doubles in the 16 games she appeared in.
A freshman forward from Keller, Texas, Cohen averaged 8.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game, while shooting 44.6 percent from the field. She scored in double figures in eight games, including the last five. She had seven double-doubles, including the last five, and grabbed a season-high 19 boards at Dallas College Cedar Valley Jan. 26.
A freshman guard from Mansfield, Texas, Harris averaged 7.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game. She scored in double figures in five games, including three in a row. Harris scored a season-best 17 points at Cedar Valley, and recorded a double-double in the final regular season game.
A freshman guard from Waco, Smith averaged 5.1 points and 4.6 rebounds, while shooting 32 percent from 3-point range. She scored in double figures four times. Smith scored a season-high 24 points, going 9 of 11 from the floor and 6 of 7 from three-point range against Dallas College Richland Feb. 6.
A freshman guard from Ehime, Japan, Nagai averaged 3.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game. She scored 17 points in her first college game. She had a season-high 11 rebounds and five steals a week later, while dishing out a season-high seven assists two days later at NJCAA Division I Western Oklahoma State College.
Dickerson guided the Lions to a 12-7 overall, 3-1 Dallas Athletic Conference record, winning the NJCAA Division III South Central District and Region V titles. She guided Mountain View to the national tournament for the first time in program history. Her team's 12 wins matched the most in program history, equaling the victory total of her 2019-20 squad.
2022-23 Women's Basketball All-Dallas Athletic Conference
Most Valuable Player – Devon Sherrod, Soph, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Freshman of the Year – Leah Jones, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Defensive Player of the Year – Shaviante Cobb, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Newcomer of the Year – Shandrea Yeldell, Soph, G, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Most Improved Player – Tiffani Hamm, Fr, F, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Coach of the Year – Keitha Dickerson, Dallas College Mountain View
First Team All-DAC
Devon Sherrod, Soph, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Shandrea Yeldell, Soph, G, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Nakia Brumley, Soph, G, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Shaviante Cobb, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Leah Jones, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Second Team All-DAC
Kimberly Cohen, Fr, F, Dallas College Mountain View
Khloe Williams, Fr, F, Dallas College Richland
Logan Ross, Fr, F, Dallas College Richland
Sierra Headquist, Soph, C, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Tiffani Hamm, Fr, F, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Honorable Mention All-DAC
Kate Valle, Fr, F, Dallas College Cedar Valley
Laela Harris, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Asia Smith, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View
Tokina Nagai, Fr, G, Dallas College Mountain View