NORFOLK, Va. – Four North Carolina Central players earned All-MEAC women's honors at the conference's Basketball Tournament Awards Show on Tuesday, March 11. The all-conference teams and player of the year awardees were voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors.

Kyla Bryant and Morgan Callahan were placed on the All-MEAC second team, and Callahan joined Jada Tiggett on the All-MEAC Defensive Team. Shakiria Foster was an MEAC All-Rookie selection.

Callahan made the All-MEAC and All-MEAC Defensive Team for the second straight year. The graduate forward ranks eighth in scoring (12.7 ppg), third in rebounding (8.4 rpg) and blocks (1.6) and 10th in field goal percentage (.414) in the MEAC. The NCCU forward also averages 1.4 steals per game.

Nationally, she is among the top 70 shot blockers in Division I. A one-time defensive player of the week winner, Callahan became the fourth NCCU women's player in the Division I era to record 1,000 career points and 600 career rebounds. She posted eight double-doubles including a 22-point, 18-rebound outing in a win over South Carolina State in the regular-season finale. The 18 rebounds were a career high and the 22 points were one off her career high of 23 she scored against Pfeiffer on Jan. 23.

Bryant is a two-time all-conference pick in two seasons at NCCU. The sophomore guard leads the team and ranks seventh in scoring (13.3 ppg) in the MEAC. She also ranks fourth in assists (3.4 apg) and free throw percentage (.767) and fifth in assist/turnover ratio (0.7) in the conference.

Her 32 points against Maryland Eastern Shore on Jan. 11 tied for the most in a single game by an MEAC player this season. A two-time MEAC player of the week selection, Bryant dished out the most assists (12) and took the most free throw attempts (21) of any MEAC player in a single game this season. Bryant scored in double figures 19 of 28 games including six games of 20 or more points.

Tiggett lands on the All-MEAC Defensive team for the first time after leading the conference in blocks for the second consecutive season. She averages 2.3 blocks per game which ranks 14th nationally and her 60 blocks ranks 24th in the nation. Tiggett started 11 of 26 games during the regular season which makes her achievements even more impressive.

Tiggett recorded a season-high six blocks each in three games during the regular season. No other MEAC player blocked six shots in a game this season. Her blocking prowess earned Tiggett defensive player of the week three times this season. She also scored a career-high 20 points in a Delaware State win on Jan. 13 and corralled 13 rebounds in a victory over Pfeiffer on Jan. 23.

Foster was selected to the MEAC All-Rookie team after averaging 10.5 points and 1.4 steals. Her scoring average is second among freshmen on the MEAC All-Rookie Team. The NCCU guard tied for the second-most rookie of the week awards this season with three.

Foster, the team's third-leading scorer, started 24 of 29 games. She scored in double figures 17 times including a season-high 24 points versus Furman on Dec. 30, 2024.

Below are the 2025 All-MEAC Honorees:
 
Coach of the Year – Larry Vickers, Norfolk State 
Player of the Year – Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State 
Rookie of the Year - Saniyah King, Howard 
Defensive Player of the Year – Laila Lawrence, Coppin State 
Newcomer of the Year – Naya Ojukwu, Morgan State 
6th Player of the Year – Anjanae Richardson, Norfolk State 
 
First-Team All-MEAC 
Laila Lawrence, Coppin State 
Angel Jones, Coppin State 
Destiny Howell, Howard 
Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State  
Kierra Wheeler, Norfolk State 
 
Second-Team All-MEAC 
Saniyah King, Howard 
Zamara Haynes, Maryland Eastern Shore 
Naya Ojukwu, Morgan State  
Kyla Bryant, N.C. Central  
Morgan Callahan, N.C. Central 
 
Third-Team All-MEAC 
Kiarra McElrath, Delaware State 
Nile Miller, Howard 
Zennia Thomas, Howard 
Anjanae Richardson, Norfolk State 
Da'Brya Clark, Norfolk State 
 
All-Rookie Team 
Ericka Huggins, Delaware State 
Saniyah King, Howard 
Michaela Bogans, Morgan State 
Nia Green, Morgan State 
Shakiria Foster, N.C. Central 
 
All-Defensive Team 
Laila Lawrence, Coppin State 
Nile Miller, Howard 
Diamond Johnson, Norfolk State  
Kierra Wheeler, Norfolk State 
Morgan Callahan, N.C. Central 
Jada Tiggett, N.C. Central