Posted: Apr 17, 2025
GovState Coach Tmack Selected IBCA 2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
Coach Tmack Selected IBCA 2024-25 NAIA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year - Back-to-Back Honors For GovState Head Coach Tonishea Mack
Second straight record-setting season for Coach Tmack and the GSU Jaguars - two-time back to back CCAC Coach of the Year Awards in 2023-24 (23-7 season, NAIA Nationals) and then broke all school records with the historic 29-6, CCAC Conference championship season in 2024-25 - advancing with three NAIA National Tournament wins to the Final 8 in Sioux City, Iowa and along the way upset #1 Campbellsville, KY at Nationals.
Coach Tmack won her milestone 100th career win at Governors State University this season (7th at GSU) and her players also garnered many season and post-season awards including a school-first NAIA National 1st team All-American team selection for Senior F Zareia Chevre and a third-team All-American team selection for Grad Student G -Tabetha Jones - both were named first-team All-CCAC Conference selections and both were career record setting players at GSU with Chevre totaling 44 points in a game to set that mark and also her 1,000 points scored in college career . Jones is the school's 2nd all-time leading scorer with nearly 1,500 career points and is the all-time assists leader.
Teammates Sr. G - Da'Naria Washington (1,000 career points and a 4-time All-CCAC defensive player of the week award winner in 2024-25 and Jr. G- Cencere McDaniel (2nd team All-CCAC) with all 4 GSU players earning all-CCAC post-season honors and Coach Tmack CCAC Coach of the Year again in 2024-25. She will now add back-to-back IBCA Women's NAIA Coach of the Year honors for 2024-25. The 2025 IBCA Awards Dinner Is Set For May 3 at Illinois State University in Bloomington, IL.
