Junior Mackenzie Maier of the High Point University women's basketball team was named as a member of the 2009-10 Big South All-Academic team the conference announced on Thursday. Maier, a Special Education major has a 3.74 grade-point average and leads the conference in blocks.

Maier is a three-time Millis Scholar-Athlete. She is currently first in the conference and eighth in the country in blocked shots per game with 3.0 per game. Maier's 88 blocks this season broke her own HPU Division I single-season record of 84 from last year and is the second-highest total in Big South history. The Charleston, W.Va., native also holds High Point's Division I career blocks record with 219 and needs 75 to become the all-time leader in the Big South. Maier also third on the team this season in both scoring (9.1 ppg) and rebounding (4.9 rpg). She is currently fifth on both HPU Division I career records lists and is on pace to become just the second High Point player to get 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in the Division I era.

The Panthers are the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Big South Women's Basketball tournament and will play No. 6 Winthrop at the Millis Center on Friday. The game is the second of the two-game evening session and will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m., following the matchup between No. 2 Liberty and No. 7 Radford. HPU finished the regular season with a 16-13 overall record and a 9-7 record in the Big South.

2009-10 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Award Winners
First-Team All-Conference
Margaret Roundtree, Gardner-Webb
Dominique Hudson, Gardner-Webb
Devon Brown, Liberty
Avery Warley, Liberty
Shanice Cole, Winthrop

Second-Team All-Conference
Katie Tull, Charleston Southern
Kelsey Wasmer, Charleston Southern
Sydnei Moss, Coastal Carolina
Courtney Epps, Gardner-Webb
Kymesha Alston, Radford (tie)
Amanda Stull, Coastal Carolina (tie)

All-Freshman Team
Mariah Pietrowski, Presbyterian College
Da'Naria Erwin Spencer, Radford
Helen Terry, Charleston Southern
Dria David, Presbyterian College
Jelena Antic, Liberty

Academic All-Conference
Amanda Stull, Coastal Carolina
Mackenzie Maier, High Point
Kelsey Wasmer, Charleston Southern
Kylee Beecher, Liberty
Meranda Burnett, Gardner-Webb
Lacey Lyons, Winthrop
Amanda Mills, Presbyterian College
Lindsey Montgomery, UNC Asheville
Kaylyn Crosier, Radford

Player of the Year
Margaret Roundtree, Gardner-Webb

Defensive Player of the Year
Amanda Stull, Coastal Carolina

Freshman of the Year
Mariah Pietrowski, Presbyterian College

Coach of the Year
Rick Reeves, Gardner-Webb

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Amanda Stull, Coastal Carolina