YSU women earn all-conference honors

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State junior Heidi Schlegel was voted first-team All-Horizon League, senior Monica Touvelle has been tabbed the league's sixth player of the year and Jenna Hirsch has been named to the all-freshman team.

Schlegel received the third-highest number of votes on the all-league ballot to earn first-team honors for the first time in her career. She is the third YSU women's basketball player to be named First-Team All-Horizon League, joining Brandi Brown (2012-13) and Jen Perugini (2004-05). Touvelle, a Boardman High school graduate, is the first Penguin to be named Sixth Player of the Year, and Hirsch is a member of the league's first All-Freshman Team. The voting panel was comprised of coaches, women's basketball sports information directors and select media.