Arkansas State women’s basketball guards Zyion Shannon and Crislyn Rose received recognition in the 2024-25 Sun Belt Postseason All-Conference Awards released on Monday.
Shannon was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team after concluding the 2024-25 campaign as the Red Wolves’ leading scorer, averaging 11.0 points per game. She led the team in points eight times this season, reaching double digits 12 times against Sun Belt opponents and netting 20-plus points in three.
The junior posted a career high of 24 points in a comeback victory at ULM on Jan. 11 and swiped a career high five steals twice, with the last occurring on Jan. 23 at Louisiana.
Rose earned All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team honors after finishing the season as the Red Wolves’ top facilitator, dishing out 4.6 assists per game and 125 total. She led the team in assists 20 times in 2024-25, dishing out five-or-more 11 times and 10-or-more against Marshall (10) on Jan. 2 and Troy (11) on Jan. 30.
The Sachse, Texas, native netted a career high 33 points in a 100-96 win at Arizona State on Nov. 4, earning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors. Rose averaged 8.6 points and 5.3 assists per game on 57-of-157 (36.3 percent) shooting in conference play.
Rose and Shannon’s selections mark the first time that two-or-more Red Wolves have earned all-conference honors. Aundrea Gamble (1st), Khadija Brown-Haywood (1st), and Brittney Gill (3rd) received recognition after the Scarlet and Black finished 27-6 (19-1 SBC).
Here are the 2024-25 Sun Belt Postseason All-Conference Awards.
Player of the Year
Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Defensive Player of the Year
Mahogany Matthews, Georgia State
Sixth Woman of the Year
Ro Scott, James Madison
Newcomer of the Year
Erica Lafayette, Louisiana
Freshman of the Year
Trinity Rowe, Southern Miss
Coach of the Year
Sean O’Regan, James Madison
All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Zay Dyer, Troy
Aislynn Hayes, Marshall
Jakayla Johnson, ULM
Kseniia Kozlova, James Madison
Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
Savannah Brooks, Coastal Carolina
En’Dya Buford, Old Dominion
Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
Erica Lafayette, Louisiana
Zyion Shannon, Arkansas State
All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team
Ashanti Barnes, James Madison
CC Mays, Marshall
Alancia Ramsey, Coastal Carolina
Crislyn Rose, Arkansas State
Mikyla Tolivert, Georgia State
NEXT UP
A-State will play the winner of Troy and a yet-to-be-determined opponent on Sunday, March 9, at 2:00 p.m. inside the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla.
