OKLAHOMA CITY – The postseason awards keep coming for the Mid-America Christian University Evangels and Lady Evangels.
The All-OklahomaSports.Net team has been announced, with MACU head coach Willie Holley being named the OSN Coach of the Year and senior guard Semar Farris earning OSN Player of the Year honors. Senior guard Jarius Wilson was an All-OSN second-team selection.
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Holley guided the Evangels to their first-ever Sooner Athletic Conference regular season championship this season and has an astounding 811 career victories, good for second all-time in the NAIA.
Farris has the two highest single-season assist totals for MACU since joining the NAIA, with 173 assists last season and 163 dimes already this year. He also joined the 1,000 point club earlier this season and currently has 1,220 career points.
The Ft. Worth, Texas native has been the catalyst this season in the Evangels capturing their first-ever SAC regular season title, posting team-highs in points (17.6 ppg), assists (163), steals (71) and threes (81).
Wilson, in his fourth season with the program, is tied for second on the team in scoring this season (11.1 ppg) and is second in threes (51).
The MACU Lady Evangels were also recognized, as senior center Alexia Kelley and senior guard Ashlee Ferguson were each second-team All-OSN performers.
Ferguson paced the Lady Evangels in scoring (16.1 ppg) and threes (81) while ranking second in steals (35). She also scored a school-record 42 points this season to fuel a 76-63 victory at John Brown University and is only 16 points away from 1,000 career points, which is the most all-time since joining the NAIA in 2007. Her scoring and three-point outputs are both second in the SAC this season.
Kelley is averaging 12.1 points per game and leads the SAC in rebounds (9.8 rpg) and is second in the league in blocks (2.00 bpg). She has also recorded a SAC-high 13 double-doubles on the season.
The duo helped the Lady Evangels finish tied for fifth in the SAC this season, tying their highest conference finish set last season as an NAIA program.
In addition to these honors, Farris was named the SAC Player of the Year, Holley was selected as the league's Coach of the Year and Wilson was a third-team all-conference selection. Also, Ferguson earned first-team All-SAC honors and Kelley was a third-team all-conference performer on the women's side.
The Evangels are gearing up for the NAIA National Tournament, which will begin next week (Mar. 18-24) in Kansas City, Mo. MACU will face Xavier (La.) next Thursday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
The Lady Evangels, under second-year head coach Marcus Moeller, are gearing up to compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Central Regional Tournament later this week on the campus of Crowley's Ridge in Paragould, Ark.
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