Avant, a Chesapeake native, averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game and led the HU Lady Pirates to a 28-6 record and their fourth-consecutive MEAC championship. She was also named the MEAC Player of the Year.
Norfolk State junior guard Pendarvis Williams averaged 14 points per game and led NSU to a 16-0 MEAC regular season record. NSU interim head coach Robert Jones accepted for Williams who was in class during the awards.