Four women’s basketball players earn postseason honors for Lakeland

Four women’s basketball players earn postseason honors for Lakeland

Lakeland women's basketball had four players honored for their efforts on the court for the 2018-19 season.

Delesha Jackson earned first team All-OCCAC and Division II All-District I team. Alicia Sephus and Destiny Khay each earned OCCAC honorable mention and Ziona Williams earned OCCAC all-defensive team on the season.

As a sophomore, Jackson played in all 31 games for Lakeland and was the leading scorer at 14 points per game while adding 5.1 rebounds per game. In her two-year playing career at Lakeland, Jackson amassed 180 steals, which is good for third all-time in Lakeland history.

Sephus narrowly missed out on averaging a double-double her sophomore season as she averaged 10.6 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Khay was an outside sharp-shooter for Lakeland and averaged 11 points per game and hit a total of 73 3-pointers. Khay also tied the record for most 3-pointers in a game with eight against Bryant & Stratton (OH) on Jan. 9.

Williams earned a spot on the OCCAC all-defensive team with her 3.3 steals per game while averaging 9.4 points per game.

Lakeland finished the season with a 21-10 overall record and lost in the NJCAA Region XII District I championship game.

For more information about Lakeland athletics, visit www.athletics.lakelandcc.edu.

About Lakeland Community College

Founded in 1967, Lakeland Community College was the first college in Ohio created by a vote of the people. True to our mission, Lakeland provides quality learning opportunities to meet the social and economic needs of the community.

Offering day, evening, weekend and online classes, the college serves more than 10,800 credit and 2,800 noncredit students (2016). For more information about the College, visit www.lakelandcc.edu.