Women's Basketball Puts Three on Heart All-Conference Team
Marshall, Mo., (Feb. 28, 2025)- The Missouri Valley College women's basketball team has put three of its student-athletes on the 2025 Heart of America Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, released Friday.
Leading the selections is Senior Giavanna Moore (Independence, Mo.), who was a first team all-conference selection. Moore becomes a four-time selection to the all-conference first team, and is the first player in program-history with the achievement. This season, Moore led the team in scoring (14.9 points per game) and steals (42), while adding 75 assists. Moore also became the program's all-time leader in points scored, and sits at 1,691 points in her career. In addition to the first team all-conference selection, Moore was also recognized on the Heart All-Defensive Team, and is the second player in program-history to earn conference defensive recognition, joining Ana Arroyo from the 2021-22 season.
Both Senior Ylenia Exposito (Tenerife, Canary Islands) and Sophomore Ricarda Schott (Krefeld, Germany) were named to the all-conference second team. The pair earned their first all-conference selections. Exposito finished the season averaging 14.0 points per game, led the team in assists (81) and averaged 4.7 rebounds per game. Schott averaged 12.0 points per game, shooting a team-high .522 percent from the floor, to go with 4.7 rebounds per game.
Missouri Valley sits at 22-7 overall on the season, and finished conference play with an 18-6 overall record. The 22 wins is the most for the program since the 1994-95 season, and is the first 20-win season since 1999-00.
Missouri Valley will now wait on a possible at-large selection into the 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship. The field will be announced by the NAIA March 6.
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Known for its dynamic, richly diverse, and friendly educational environment, Missouri Valley College offers many opportunities to grow in mind, body, and spirit. Grounded in the liberal arts, undergraduate studies empower students to master interdisciplinary skills needed to succeed in a knowledge-based global society. MVC offers over 30 academic programs, study abroad program, extracurricular activities, and a wide variety of sports. The most popular majors include education and business, criminal justice and exercise science. Above all, Valley is committed to student success. For more information, call (660) 831-4000 or visit www.moval.edu.