OGLE LEADS 3 DRAGONS ON ALL-REGION VI TEAM
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Sophomore Abby Ogle was one of three Hutchinson Community College women's basketball players to earn 2020 All-Region VI postseason honors on Thursday.
Ogle was selected to the first team of the postseason team that combines the Jayhawk West and Jayhawk East to form the all-region team. Sophomore Makayla Vannett was named to the second team and sophomore Brooklyn Betham was named all-region honorable mention.
The Blue Dragons finished the season 28-4 and were selected as an at-large team to the 2020 NJCAA Tournament. But the tournament was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ABBY OGLE – 1st-Team All-Region VI
Ogle has already been named the 2020 Jayhawk West Player of the Year and to the all-Jayhawk West first team.
A 5-foot-8 sophomore from Baldwin City, Kansas, Ogle put together a tremendous all-around season to lead the Blue Dragons, who were ranked in the Top 10 of the NJCAA rankings for nearly the entire season.
Ogle was the seventh leading scorer in the KJCCC this season at 15.5 points per game, who shooting 59.3 percent from the field. That mark was the third best in the KJCCC this season and fourth-best in Blue Dragon single-season history. Ogle, who at one time or another this season, had to play all five positions because of injury and/or foul trouble, shot 37.5 percent from 3-point range and 71.8 percent from the free-throw line.
Ogle ranks first in the KJCCC with 3.7 steals per game. She became only the second Blue Dragon ever to reach 200 steals for a career and just the sixth to reach 100 steals for a season with 114 this season. She also averages 6.4 rebounds per game (15th in KJCCC) and 3.7 assists (fifth in KJCCC).
Ogle had four double-doubles this season and led the team in scoring 14 times.
Ogle's 114 steals this season were fourth-most in single-season history. Her 213 career steals ranked No. 2 in Hutchinson career history and are 10th most in Jayhawk Conference history.
Ogle also finished eighth on the Blue Dragon career assist list with 243. Her 56-4 percent career field-goal percentage is fourth-best in Hutchinson history.
MAKAYLA VANNETT – 2nd Team All-Region VI
The 5-foot-6 sharpshooter from St. Paul, Minnesota averaged 13.1 points per game and posted the third-high 3-point percentage in the league this season at 39.0 percent.
Vannett is tied for the sixth-most 3-pointers in Blue Dragon single-season history going 94 of 241 shots from distance this season. She ranks third on the Blue Dragon career list with 188 career 3-pointers.
Vannett also averaged 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
She had career highs of 26 points and seven 3-pointers against Neosho County on December 4. Vannett had five games this season of five more 3-pointers.
Vannett moved into the Blue Dragon career Top 20 scoring on Monday in the Region VI semifinal loss. Vannett now has 807 points.
BROOKLYN BETHAM – Honorable Mention All-Region VI
A 6-3 transfer from Queensland, Australia, Betham stepped into the starting lineup right away.
After a bit of a slow start, Betham came on strong in the conference season, posting eight double-doubles, including a stretch of three in four games down the stretch to help the Dragons clinch the Jayhawk West title.
Betham averaged 10.7 points and 8.8 rebounds. She led the Jayhawk Conference in field-goal percentage at 61.8 percent, which is both a Blue Dragon single-season and career record.
Her 8.8 rebounds per game is seventh-best in Blue Dragon career history.
Betham had 17 games of scoring in double figures and 10 games of 10 or more boards.
Her career scoring high was 26 points against Garden City on February 8 and career-high rebounding game was 16 against Cowley in the quarterfinals of the Region VI Tournament.