WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Kaely Hummel of the No. 24 University of Sioux Falls Women's Basketball Team has been named to the D2CCA All-Region First Team, according to an announcement today by the D2CCA.

A three-time All-NSIC selection, Hummel, a senior from Cherokee, Iowa, was named to the first team and becomes eligible for the D2CCA All-American Team. Brooke Olson of UMD was named D2CCA Player of the Year. Joining Hummel and Olson on the first team include Megan Skaggs of Central Missouri, Southeastern Oklahoma State's Katie Webb and Berniezha Tidwell from Arkansas-Monticello..
 
Hummel, a 5-8 shooting guard, is a two-time Academic All-NSIC honoree, who was named a Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award recipient. Hummel, who was named the NSIC Preseason South Division Player of the Year this season, recently was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District first team selection. Along with fellow senior Mariah Szymanski, she is the first USF women's player to earn three straight All-NSIC honors and joins Laura Johnson (2010-14) as the only player to be selected first team all-league in back-to-back seasons.
 
Hummel, who averaged 17.0 ppg for fifth in the NSIC, helped lead USF to its first-ever NSIC South Division title and the No. 3 seed in the NCAA DII Central Region. Hummel, who led USF to an 87-35 record in her four years, ranked second in the NSIC in three-point percentage at 40.3,  and tied second for made threes per game with 2.5 while ranking fifth in free throw shooting at 86 percent. 
 
One of the all-time greats at USF, she scored 1,733 points, which ranks third all-time at USF. Hummel set USF all-time mark in made three-pointers with 273, which is not only the most in women's basketball history but the most by a women's or men's player at the school. With 122 career games, she ranks third all-time at USF. She finished her career with 93 double-digit scoring games with 26 of 20 points or more. 
 
Hummel, a business administrator major and daughter of Julie and Troy Hummel, is the first player in school history to have 67 or more three-point field goals in the same season three times and one of two players with 460 points or more in the season three times. With 545 points this season, she ranked ninth all-time at USF. With 81 made threes this season, she has the third most in school history for a season. Hummel also ranks 12th in assists in a career with 220.
 
D2CCA All-Central Region Women's Basketball Team
First Team
*Brooke Olson, Minnesota - Duluth
Kaely Hummel, Sioux Falls
Megan Skaggs, Central Missouri
Berniezha Tidwell, Arkansas-Monticello
Katie Webb, Southeastern Oklahoma State
* Player of the Year
 
Second Team
Tyra Aska, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Cassie Askvig, Mary
Morgan Fleming, Central Missouri
Tre'Zure Jobe, Emporia State
Erin Nordling, Wayne State