JACKRABBITS TABBED SECOND IN PRESEASON POLL

The Summit League released its women's basketball preseason poll Tuesday with three Jackrabbits selected to the All-Summit Preseason First Team and the squad being selected to finish second. Myah Selland was tabbed the Preseason Player of the Year and is joined on the first team by Paiton Burckhard and Tylee Irwin.

South Dakota State is the reigning Summit League regular season champion after going 14-0 in League play. The Jackrabbits claimed 672 points and 18 first place votes in the preseason poll. South Dakota was narrowly voted the League favorite with 20 first place votes and 712 total points.

Selland was named the 2020-21 Summit League Player of the Year last season after pacing the Jackrabbits and the League with 19.2 points per game, including 19.5 points per game in Summit League action. The Letcher, S.D. native ranked third in assists per game (3.8), field goal percentage (.515) and assist/turnover ratio (1/5). Selland scored 15-plus points in 19 games and 20-plus points on six occasions. Selland was a WBCA All-American Honorable Mention and a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award in 2020-21. She was named Summit League Player of the Week six times. This is Selland's fourth consecutive Preseason All-Summit League honor.

Burckhard picked up her second consecutive Preseason First Team honor and was selected to the Summit League First Team in 2020 and 2021. She started all 25 contests for the Jacks a season ago and ranked second on the team with 13.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game. Burckhard, an Aberdeen, S.D. native, was also second on the squad in field goal percentage (50.6 percent) and free throw shooting (81.6 percent). She scored in double figures in nine Summit League contests last season.

Irwin is a three-time preseason honoree for the Summit League. The Wahpeton, N.D. native was named to the All-Summit First Team last season. She averaged 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and one steal and led the team with 17 blocks on the year. Irwin scored in double figures on 16 occasions in 2020-21. The senior ranked 14th in the nation in free throw percentage in 2020-2, converting 88 percent of her attempts.

The poll is voted on by Summit League coaches, sports information directors and select media.

South Dakota State opens the season hosting Green Bay Nov. 9 at Frost Arena.

2021-22 Women's Preseason Player of the Year
Myah Selland, South Dakota State

Women's First Team
Myah Selland, South Dakota State
Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
Chloe Lamb, South Dakota
Paiton Burckhard, South Dakota State
Tylee Irwin, South Dakota State
Naomie Alnatas, Kansas City

Women's Second Team
Heaven Hamling, North Dakota State
Liv Korngable, South Dakota
Keni Jo Lippe, Oral Roberts
Uju Ezeudu, Denver
Meghan Boyd, Denver

Women's Preseason Poll (1st votes) | Points
South Dakota (20) | 712
South Dakota State (18) | 672
North Dakota State | 544
Kansas City | 486
Denver | 385
Oral Roberts | 383
Western Illinois | 382
Omaha | 314
North Dakota | 181
St. Thomas | 147

-GoJacks.com-

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