The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball senior's Dash Shaw (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) and Mercedes Simmons (Crystal Falls, Mich./Forest Park) as First Team selections. Simmons also garnered All-Defensive Team honors for the conference.

Shaw, from nearby Crown Point, Indiana, earns her second straight First Team honors. She led GLIAC and team averaging 17.7 points per game which put her top-40 in all of NCAA Division II women's basketball. She finished averaging career-best in rebounds per game (4.7), assists per game (2.9), and free throw percentage (.826). Shaw ends her incredible Purdue Northwest women's basketball career as the all-time leader, since entering NCAA DII, in points (1,494), field goals made (509), and free throws made (410). She is also top-five in career rebounds (358), steals (96), and assists (198).

Simmons, a native of Crystal Falls, Michigan, garners her first All-GLIAC selection with First Team and All-Defensive Team honors. Simmons had a career year in all facets of her game this season. She had a career-high in points per game (16.1 - fourth in GLIAC), rebounds per game (8.3 - second in GLIAC), rebounds (241), assists (43), field goal percentage (.538 - second in GLIAC and 24th in NCAA DII), blocks (69 - single season PNW record and top-10 in NCAA DII), and blocks per game (2.4 - led GLIAC and top-10 in all of NCAA DII). Simmons ends her Purdue Northwest women's basketball tenure as the all-time leader in blocks (123) and rebounds (501). She also sits second all-time in scoring with 956 points and field goals made with 395.