SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Yellowjacket women's basketball team saw four players achieve All-UMAC postseason awards, as the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) revealed its honorees in an announcement Wednesday.
 
Headlining the list was junior Elise Besonen (Ewen, Mich./Ewen-Trout Creek), as she was tabbed the conference's player of the year as well as to the All-UMAC First Team. Senior Erika Mattson (Ely, Minn./Ely Memorial) was selected to the All-UMAC Second Team and freshman Charlotte Ferstl (Plain, Wis./River Valley) received an honorable mention citation. Additionally, sophomore MyKenzie Leccia (Somerset, Wis./Somerset) was slated to the All-UMAC Defensive Team.
 
Serving as the Yellowjackets' representative on the All-UMAC Sportsmanship Team was junior Katie Dobson (Black River Falls, Wis./Black River Falls).
 
Besonen was the Yellowjackets' constant throughout the 2023-24 season, playing a full 40 minutes on 13 different occasions. Starting all 27 games, she totaled a team-leading 976 minutes on the hardwood while averaging 14.8 points-per-game, also a team-best. Besonen drilled 52 three pointers while finishing the year with a 90.6 free-throw percentage. This mark sits her fourth in NCAA Division III, as well as helping the Yellowjackets finish first in the UMAC and seventh in the nation with a team-percentage of 76.5.
 
Mattson ended her Yellowjacket career on her best season, playing in all 27 games while starting 20. She played 628 minutes (22.3 minutes-per-game) while scoring 232 points (8.6 ppg). Among starters she finished third with a field goal percentage of 39.6 and third with 24 three pointers made. Defensively she grabbed 35 offensive and 62 defensive rebounds for 97 total, good for fifth-best on the team.
 
Ferstl made a strong debut as a freshman, starting in all 27 games. She accumulated 590 minutes on the hardwood averaging 21.9 minutes per game. She posted a team-leading 197 rebounds, which was good for fourth across the UMAC and a team-leading mark. In the blocks category, Ferstl surpassed all but one UMAC player and led her squad with 38. Offensively she scored 261 points, averaging 9.7 points per game.
 
Leccia started in all 27 games during her sophomore season. Compiling 657 minutes on the season and averaging 24.3 minutes-per-game, she scored a total of 218 points (team-fourth best) while adding 75 from the field. Defensively she grabbed a team-third 117 rebounds, averaging 4.3 per game, while leading the team with 64 steals, which was good for third-best across the UMAC.
 
The Yellowjackets finished the season with a record of 18-9 and a conference record of 13-1, entering the UMAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed and advancing to the championship game.