INDIANAPOLIS (3/2/2020) -- University of Detroit Mercy freshman guard Sylare Starks (Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead) was voted to the five-player 2019-20 Horizon League All-Freshman Team, with the women's basketball postseason honors and awards being announced by the league office on Monday.

In her first season in the red, white and blue, Starks led the Titans and all Horizon League freshmen in scoring at 10.2 points per game during the regular season. Starks was one of two Titans to start all 29 games during the regular season and also scored in double figures a team-high 17 times. She currently is fifth in the Horizon League in minutes played per game (30.8), sixth in 3-pointers made (50) and seventh in 3-pointers made per game (1.7).

Starks also leads all league rookies in scoring during Horizon League play and ranks 14th in the Horizon League overall in conference games at 10.3 points per game. She scored in double figures on 10 occasions out of 18 HL contests. She is third in Detroit Mercy women's basketball freshman history in 3-pointers made (50) and 10th in scoring (296 points). Starks is also second on the team in steals (23), fourth in assists (43) and fifth in rebounding (2.7 per game) and has shot a team-best 84.0 percent from the free throw line this season.

Starks is joined on the All-Freshman Team by Northern Kentucky's Ivy Turner, Oakland's Alona Blackwell and the Wright State duo of Shamarre Hale and Jada Roberson.

It's the third time under head coach Bernard Scott that a Titan freshman has earned All-Freshman Team laurels and second time in the past three seasons. It's also the ninth time in the past 11 seasons that Detroit Mercy has placed someone on the All-Freshman/Newcomer Team (league format was switched from Newcomer to Freshman Team in 2013-14).

Player of the Year: Macee Williams, IUPUI
Coach of the Year: Austin Parkinson, IUPUI
Freshman of the Year: Shamarre Hale, Wright State
Defensive Player of the Year: Mariah White, Cleveland State
Sixth Player of the Year: Kahlaijah Dean, Oakland
 
All-League First Team (alphabetical by school)
Mariah Miller, Cleveland State, Senior, Guard
Frankie Wurtz, Green Bay, Senior, Guard
Macee Williams, IUPUI, Junior, Center
Angel Baker, Wright State, Sophomore, Point Guard
Chelsea Olson, Youngstown State, Junior, Guard
 
All-League Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Mariah White, Cleveland State, Junior, Guard
Holly Hoopingarner, IUPUI, Senior, Point Guard
Molly Glick, Northern Kentucky, Senior, Guard/Forward
Ally Niece, Northern Kentucky, Sophomore, Guard
Michal Miller, Wright State, Senior, Guard
 
All-League Third Team (alphabetical by school)
Savanna Crockett, Cleveland State, Sophomore, Forward
Caitlyn Hibner, Green Bay, Junior, Guard
Rachel McLimore, IUPUI, Sophomore, Guard
Brandi Bisping, Milwaukee, Junior, Forward
Kahlaijah Dean, Oakland, Sophomore, Guard
 
All-Freshman Team (alphabetical by school)
Sylare Starks, Detroit Mercy, Guard
Ivy Turner, Northern Kentucky, Guard
Alona Blackwell, Oakland, Guard
Shamarre Hale, Wright State, Center
Jada Roberson, Wright State, Guard
 
All-Defensive Team (alphabetical by school)
Mariah White, Cleveland State, Junior, Guard
Frankie Wurtz, Green Bay, Senior, Guard
Macee Williams, IUPUI, Junior, Center
Jada Nneji, UIC, Junior, Center
Tyler Frierson, Wright State, Junior, Center