ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Clinton College women's basketball team was celebrated with some postseason awards to honor their historic 22-win season recently. 

First-year Head Coach Toccara Toland was honored as the NCCAA South Region Coach of the Year for leading the Golden Bears to a 22-6 record, a South Region Championship and an NCCAA national tournament berth wile also achieving her 75th career win this season.

Junior shooting guard Tameah Gaddis was also named the South Region Player of the Year, Tournament MVP, and was named as a Third-Team NCCAA All-American.

Third Team All-Americans
Tameah Gaddis - Clinton College
Kaitlyn Jerden - Wayland Baptist University
Olivia Nickerson - Bethel University
Emma Koons - Ohio Christian University
Emily Garvin - Geneva College

Senior center Diamond Moore-Heath was also named a first team All-Region player as well. She averaged 20 points, 12.5 rebounds and shot 53% during the three games at Nationals.

OCU 73, CC 62

In the 7th place game at the National Tournament the 3rd seed Lady Bears were outdone by the #8 Lady Trailblazers of Ohio Christian University 73-62 last Friday in Missouri. OCU got off to a 18-14 lead after the first wuarter and led 33-24 at the break. Clinton then won the third quarter 26-24 but stumbled in the fourth scoring just 12 points.

Clinton shot 30% overall but just nine percent from three. Moore-Heath led the Bears with a huge game of 24 points and 21 rebounds on 8 of 13 shooting while junior guard Shabrica Leslie added 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals off the bench. Senior starters Kayla Pope and Kourtney English combined for 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and an English block in the loss while Gaddis could only manage 4 points with 6 rebounds and 3 steals as she struggled shooting all game.