Story by NPCC Communications
North Platte, Neb. – The North Platte Community College women's basketball team had three members of their 2021 squad earn All-Region IX honors. Janay Brauer, Kayla Pope, and Diamond Moore-Heath were selected as All-Region IX performers for their successes on the court this season.
"What a great accomplishment for each one of these student-athletes," said head coach Jeff Thurman. "These personal accolades are the culmination of the amount of work Diamond, Kayla and Janay have put in this year and I could not be prouder of these three young women."
Moore-Heath, a freshman from Colorado Springs, Colo., earns her first All-Region IX honor of her career. Moore-Heath finished her first season in a Knights uniform fourth in the nation in offensive rebounds (81) and seventh in total rebounds (208), while totaling nine double-doubles on the season. She started all twenty-three games for the Knights, averaging 12.6 points per game and nine rebounds per game.
Moore-Heath was voted as a unanimous selection to the First Team All-Nebraska Community College Athletic Association team. She rounded out her postseason accolades by being named as a Third Team NJCAA DII All-American. Moore-Heath is North Platte's second student-athlete to be named as an All-American in the history of the women's basketball program.
Pope, a freshman from Mesquite, Texas, earns the All-Region IX honor after her first season in a black and gold uniform. The versatile guard finished tenth in minutes amongst NJCAA DII athletes. Her average of thirty-one minutes per contest helped her average 12.3 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, and 2.7 assists per game during the 2021 campaign. Pope rounds out her postseason accolades by being named to the First Team All-Nebraska Community College Athletic Association team.
Brauer, a sophomore from Sidney, Neb., was the deep ball threat for the Knights this season. Her All-Region IX selection comes on a heel of a stellar sophomore campaign, that also landed her on the honorable mention All-Nebraska Community College Athletic Association list for the second straight year. Brauer averaged ten points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 2.1 assists per game. She ends her career as a Knight with 514 points, 272 rebounds, 129 assists, and 95 steals.