
Porter, Bennett garner major awards as Women's Basketball earns four All-Conference selections
MANSFIELD, Massachusetts – The Northeast-10 Conference announced its end-of-season awards for women's basketball for the 2024-25 campaign on Wednesday, March 5, and the American International College women's basketball team collected a pair of major awards and four All-Conference selections.
Rhaymi Porter was named Defensive Player of the Year and All-Defensive Team, Keyvanna Bennett won Rookie of the Year and an All-Rookie Team selection, Ruzgar Christina Boyle was named Second-Team All-Conference, and Chelsea Reeves earned a Third-Team All-Conference honor.
The NE10 began selecting a Defensive Player of the Year in 1992-93, and Porter is AIC's first-ever winner of the award. With 70 blocks in 28 games, she led the NE10 in swats, and was one of only two players to average above two per game. It is the second year in a row that she has led the NE10 in blocks, joining Jen Nnanna '07 as the only Yellow Jacket to top the conference in blocks in multiple seasons. She also leads the NE10 in total rebounds with 252, and is one of two conference players to average 9.0 or more rebounds per game.
Bennett was a force in her first season of competition and is AIC's second Rookie of the Year in women's basketball after Chantei Leonard won the award in 1995-96. She finished sixth in the conference in rebounds with 8.0 per game, and her 10.3 points per game led all NE10 rookies.
Boyle ended her season in the top ten nationally in three-point field goals made with 80 despite playing the entire season out of position with AIC needing a point guard due to injuries. Her 14.6 points per game ranks sixth in the NE10, and her 423 points total ranks fourth in the NE10 at the time of release.
Reeves was a revelation for AIC after transferring in, and the forward posted 15.0 points per game, fourth-best in the NE10. That, coupled with her 5.1 rebounds per game and 2.6 assists per game, made her a true all-around threat. No player was better than Reeves at getting to the line, either; she leads the NE10 with 126 made free throws, good for 25th nationally.