by BUFFALO, NY – University at Buffalo women’s basketball senior forward Summer Hemphill (Seneca Nation) headlined the 2019-20 Preseason All-Big 4 basketball teams, which were announced Monday afternoon in advance of the official start of the college basketball season. Hemphill was a unanimous selection for the First Team along with being named Big 4 Player of the Year for the first time in her UB career.
The Bulls saw three players earn a spot on the All-Big 4 squads that were voted on by media and athletic communications staffs that cover Buffalo, Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure. Joining Hemphill on the First Team is senior Theresa Onwuka and junior Hanna Hall.
Hemphill enters her senior campaign as the best player in Western New York and she will be looked upon to lead the Bulls to their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance this season. The Buffalo, NY native, who was also named to the Preseason All-MAC East Division Team last week, was named second-team All-MAC last season after averaging career-highs in minutes (36.6), points (14.5) and rebounds (10.3) while making 58.1% of her field goal attempts and 73.7% of her free throw attempts. She was also selected to the MAC All-Tournament team after setting a MAC Tournament record with 21 rebounds while adding 16 points in the win over Ohio in the championship game. Hemphill is currently tied for 10th on the career rebounds list at UB with 759 and is just 81 points away from becoming Buffalo’s 26th 1,000 point scorer. The senior was also named to the Katrina McClain Award watch list earlier this month as one of the top forwards in Division 1 college basketball.
