December is over and so is the 2024 portion of the DII women’s basketball season. As we get into the heart of conference play, not only will teams need to step things up, but their star shooters, rebounders and skill players will as well.
With January upon us, we can look back at December and put together the monthly all-stats starting five. What is the all-stats team? It is a monthly dream team based solely on statistical leaders across the division. Now, it may not necessarily be the overall leader in a statistical category that gets the honors — sometimes, when it is close, a player’s ranking in the top 10 across multiple categories gets her on the squad.
The most important thing to remember is that this is a statistical snapshot of the current landscape and by no means a list of the best players in DII.
DII WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HUB
The December DII women’s basketball all-stats team
(All stats through Dec. 31 per NCAA.org; all positions confirmed through official school rosters)
Guard: Gracie Stugart, Maryville (MO)
Stugart transferred to Maryville last year from Truman State and had a very nice season. This year, she has taken it to a new level, posting career highs across the board and leading DII women’s basketball in assists at the break. She’s averaging 11.6 points per game — five points better than last year — 7.8 assists and just over two steals per game. Listed at 5-foot-7, the senior guard is also chipping in 7.3 rebounds per game, and her assist-to-turnover ratio is tops in the GLVC and fifth overall in DII.
Guard: Sophia Wisotzki, Simon Fraser
There have been two all-stats teams thus far, and Wisotzki has made both. Simon Fraser’s 5-foot-10 senior has been key to its 8-3 start. Wisotzki leads all DII women’s basketball guards in scoring and is No. 2 overall in DII with 24.6 points per game. That is seven points better than last year. She has scored at least 28 points in a game six times in 11 tries and chips in more than two steals per game. She recently joined the 1,000-point club, an honor she now shares with her sister Jessica (who graduated last year with 1,444 career points) in Simon Fraser’s history books.
Also considered: Destiny Garrett, Georgia Southwestern; Sydney Gomez, Florida Southern; Emilia Long, Alaska Anchorage; Emma Miller, Minnesota Crookston; Nala Williams, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Forward: Emilee Weakley, Frostburg State
There are two things I cannot remember. The first is the last time Weakley wasn’t on an all-stats starting five and the second is the last time she wasn’t leading DII women’s basketball in scoring. After leading DII as a freshman in 2022-23 with 25.5 points per game, and doing it again as a sophomore with 25.2 points per game, Weakley has been even better in 2024-25, leading DII with 28.9 points per game — four more than the next closest scorer. She scored at least 22 points in every December game and had a season-high 40 on Dec. 7. Weakley has scored 30 or more points six times in 12 games and the 5-foot-11 forward is averaging 8.4 rebounds per game.
Forward: Alisha Little, CSU Pueblo
Little was a regular on the all-stats team last year but makes her 2024-25 debut on the heels of her third RMAC Player of the Week award of the season. The 6-foot-1 forward was one of the 10 players to watch this season and has certainly delivered so far. She leads DII women’s basketball in double-doubles — in fact, she double-doubled in all four December games and has six in a row coming out of the break. Little is third in DII in scoring with 22.9 points per game and after a slow start, is up to 9.9 rebounds per game as well. As she was last year, Little continues to be one of the very best across the board at her position.
Also considered: Zarria Carter, Midwestern State; Emily Chmiel, East Stroudsburg; Madeline Evans, Lock Haven; Lisa Kiefer, Westmont; Michelle Kozicki, West Chester; Olivia Reed, Colorado Mesa; Jada Warren, Georgia College
Center: Karenna Gerber, Pittsburg State
Gerber returns for her second-straight all-stats appearance. She leads all DII women’s basketball centers in double-doubles and had two in four games this December. Gerber has scored in double digits in every game she’s played and shooting nearly 60 percent from the floor while doing it. She’s averaging 15.3 points per game for the MIAA’s top scoring offense while chipping in a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game and 18 blocks.
Also considered: Ni’Kiah Chesterfield, Tusculum; Yiibari, Nwidadah, Washburn
