Cleveland State Selected First in 2024-25 Under Armour #HLWBB Preseason Poll
Kobe Mosley
INDIANAPOLIS (October 16, 2024) – 2023-24 #HLWBB regular season champion Cleveland State is the front runner to win this season’s title in the 2024-25 Under Armour #HLWBB Preseason Poll with voting conducted by the League’s head coaches. This season’s Preseason Player of the Year honors went to Cleveland State’s Colbi Maples.
Dig Deeper:
- Cleveland State finished the 2023-24 season as League runner-up after advancing to the Barbasol #HLWBB Championship game last season.
- Reigning Player of the Year Colbi Maples returns as the favorite to win the award after averaging 16.6 points, 4.1 assists, and 2.2 rebounds per game last season.
- Selected as the 2023-24 #HLWBB Newcomer of the Year after averaging 17.3 points per game, Mickayla Perdue enters her final season at Cleveland State as an All-League First Team selection.
- Destiny Leo completes the trio of Vikings on the Preseason All-League First Team. Leo averaged 20.7 points in six games before suffering a season-ending injury.
- Green Bay places second in the Preseason Poll this season, marking the fifth time in the last five seasons that the Phoenix have been selected to finish in the top three.
- Preseason All-League First Team selection Natalie McNeal led the Phoenix in scoring a season ago with 13.2 points per contest.
- Bailey Butler is named to the Preseason All-League Second Team after being a 2023-24 Second Team All-Team and All-Defensive Team honoree.
- Preseason All-League Second Team selection Maddy Schreiber finished the 2023-24 season averaging 12.1 points and 4.0 rebounds.
- Purdue Fort Wayne comes in third in the Preseason Poll after completing its most successful season in program history, finishing with a 23-13 record and a trip to the Super 16 round of the WNIT.
- Amellia Bromenschenkel is named to the Preseason All-League First Team after posting career-highs averages in points (13.9) and rebounds (6.5) last season.
- Preseason All-League Second Team honoree Katie Davidson recorded 16.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game for IU Indianapolis in 2023-24.
- Milwaukee’s Kamy Peppler claims a spot on the Preseason All-League Second Team after posting 11.5 points per game and connecting on 65 3-pointers in 2023-24.
- Northern Kentucky’s Macey Blevins rounds out the Preseason All-League Second Team following a 2023-24 season averaging 12.9 points per game on 44.3% shooting.
- #HLWBB welcomes four new coaches this season.
- Kayla Karius returns as the head coach of her alma mater, Green Bay.
- Jeff Hans (Northern Kentucky), Chandler McCabe (RMU) and Melissa Jackson (Youngstown State) all enter the 2024-25 season as the new leaders of their respective programs.
- The regular season begins on Monday, Nov. 4 with Horizon League play scheduled to start on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
- The 2025 Barbasol Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships are set to conclude at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis March 10-11 with the mantra #MarchStartsHere.
2024-25 Under Armour #HLWBB Preseason Poll
Pl. Team – Pts. (First-place votes)
1. Cleveland State (7) – 117
2. Green Bay (4) – 114
3. Purdue Fort Wayne – 98
4. Milwaukee – 85
5. Youngstown State – 63
6. Wright State – 58
7. Northern Kentucky – 53
8. Detroit Mercy – 39
9. Oakland – 38
10. IU Indianapolis – 36
11. RMU – 25
#HLWBB Preseason Player of the Year
Colbi Maples, Cleveland State
Preseason All-League First Team (alphabetical order by school)
Destiny Leo, Cleveland State
Colbi Maples, Cleveland State
Mickayla Perdue, Cleveland State
Natalie McNeal, Green Bay
Amellia Bromenschenkel, Purdue Fort Wayne
Preseason All-League Second Team (alphabetical order by school)
Bailey Butler, Green Bay
Maddy Schreiber, Green Bay
Katie Davidson, IU Indianapolis
Kamy Peppler, Milwaukee
Macey Blevins, Northern Kentucky
Returning 2024-25 #HLWBB All-Academic Team Selections
Sara Guerreiro, Cleveland State
Bailey Butler, Green Bay
Natalie McNeal, Green Bay
Audra Emmerson, Purdue Fort Wayne
Simone Morris, RMU
Malia Magestro, Youngstown State