JACKSON, Tenn. – The 2024 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) Women's Basketball All-South Region Teams were announced Thursday, March 13. The teams were voted on by the sports information directors in the south region. Lee University senior guard Mallory Hampton was named to the First Team.
Hampton has been dominate this season, She leads the Gulf South Conference in scoring at 19.3 points per game and is currently 16th in all of NCAA DII. She is 3rd in the GSC in FG% and 3rd in FT%. She is also 5th in the GSC in total assists and 7th in A/T Ratio. She is second in the GSC in steals with 72, and #23 in the country in that category as well. She has been named GSC player of the week twice this season. Hampton has scored in double digits in all but one game this year. She has scored 20+ points ten times this year. Hampton was a First Team All-GSC and on the all-tournament team.
Kalifa Ford, a junior from Bono, Arkansas, and a junior at Valdosta State University was selected as the D2 CCA Women's Basketball South Region Player of the Year. She was also named the 2024 Gulf South Conference Player of the Year. Ford played in 29 games while averaging 14.2 points and 4.4 rebounds while shooting 48 percent from the field. She averaged 2.0 steals and 1.8 assists per game. Ford led her team to the GSC regular season and tournament titles, and her team entered the region tournament having won 26 straight games.
Ford, along with the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year, Lauryn Vieira (Eckerd College), Mallory Hampton (Lee University), Shanique Lucas (Union University), and the Southern intercollegiate Athletics Conference Player of the Year Gracen Kerr (Kentucky State University) each earned first-team honors.
Morgan Kane (Nova Southeastern University), Mya Guisto (Tampa University), Allasha Dudley (Auburn University Montgomery), Zoe Piller (Tampa University), and Madyson Jean-Louis (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) each earned second team honors.
Nine different south region schools were represented over the two teams, with Tampa being the only school with two. Two players from the 2024 teams, Lucas (UU) and Piller (TU) also were D2 CCA All-South Region honorees in 2023.
2024 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) Women's Basketball All-South Region Team
First Team
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown
G/F Kalifa Ford Valdosta State Jr. Bono, Arkansas
G Lauryn Vieira Eckerd Sr. Haute-Savoie, France
G Mallory Hampton Lee Sr. Dayton, Tennessee
G Shanique Lucas ^ Union Gr. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
G Gracen Kerr Kentucky State Sr. Annsonia, Connecticut
Second Team
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown
F Morgan Kane Nova Southeastern Gr. West Jordan, Utah
G Mya Guisto Tampa Sr. Naples, Florida
G Allasha Dudley Auburn Montgomery Jr. Montgomery, Alabama
F/C Zoe Piller ^^ Tampa Jr. Brentwood, Tennessee
G Madyson Jean-Louis Embry-Riddle Jr. Grand Prairie, Texas
South Region Player of the Year: Kalifa Ford (Senior, Forward, Valdosta State University)
^ - 2023 First Team Selection ^^ - 2023 Second Team Selection
The Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2 CCA) encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.
