Charlotte, N.C. - Winthrop women's basketball had two players named to the 2025 Big South All-Conference teams, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore guard/forward
Amourie Porter and senior forward
Nuria Cunill were honored after the Eagles concluded the regular-season 15-14 overall, 9-7 conference record and a fifth place league finish.
Porter garnered first team honors after a regular-season in which finished second in the conference in conference games only in free throw percentage with .908, which also ranks 19th in the nation. Porter played in all 29 regular-season games, starting 14 of them. She is currently first on the team in scoring with 381 and in free throws made with 124; second on the team in rebounds with 174; and third on the team in assists with 44 and in minutes played with 793. She had 20 games in double figures in points. Porter was named the Big South Player of the Week on Nov. 18, 2024. She is the first Eagle to garner first team honors since Erica Williams in 2017. She was also the recipient of the Big South's first ever Newcomer of the Year award.
Cunill was named to the all-academic team. She currently leads the team in field goal percentage with .563 and is fifth on the team in free throw percentage with .700. She has played more than 200 minutes this season and of the 29 regular season games that Winthrop played, Cunill played in 25 of them and scored 68 points. She was the leading rebounder vs. SC State (12/11/24) with five and was also the only game this season in which she registered double figures in points scored with 12. The nutrition major currently has a GPA of 3.77.
2024-25 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE
First-Team All-Conference
Ashley Hawkins, Gardner-Webb
Catherine Alben, Charleston Southern
Joi Williams, Radford
Nevaeh Zavala, High Point
Amourie Porter, Winthrop
Second-Team All-Conference
Kishyah Anderson, Presbyterian
Kiki McIntyre, Longwood
Amor Harris, Longwood
Jaleesa Lawrence, High Point
Nakyah Terrell, High Point
Honorable Mention All-Conference
Paige Kindseth, Presbyterian
Cate Carlson, Radford
Mariah Wilson, Longwood
Elle Blatchford, Gardner-Webb
Cassie Gallagher, USC Upstate
All-Freshman Team
Cassie Gallagher, USC Upstate
Adelyn Traylor-Walker, Radford
Dom Nesland, High Point
Kendall Scott, Gardner-Webb
Gwen Jenkins, USC Upstate
All-Academic Team
Alba Garcia, Charleston Southern
Elze Motekaityte, Gardner-Webb
Jaleesa Lawrence, High Point
Nalani Simmons, Longwood
Paige Kindseth, Presbyterian
Kirby Brown, Radford
Dakota McCaughan, UNC Asheville
Jeni Levine, USC Upstate
Nuria Cunill, Winthrop
Player of the Year
Ashley Hawkins, Gardner-Webb
Freshman of the Year
Cassie Gallagher, USC Upstate
Defensive Player of the Year
Kiki McIntyre, Longwood
Newcomer of the Year
Amourie Porter, Winthrop
Coach of the Year
Erika Lang-Montgomery, Longwood
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Elze Motekaityte, Gardner-Webb
