Central Michigan University Athletics
Reyna Frost, All-American
4/1/2019 8:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Chippewa senior caps career with prestigious honor
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Reyna Frost was relatively unheralded coming in to Central Michigan.
She leaves as one of the very best in the 51 years of CMU women's basketball, and as an All-American.
Frost, a 6-foot senior from Reese, earned honorable mention on the Associated Press All-America women's basketball team, which was released on Monday.
"You talk about hard work and how it pays off -- to see everything she has set her mind to and what she has been able to accomplish," CMU coach Sue Guevara said. "I think she's so humble and she's so selfless. Those two characteristics have carried her a long way.
"I think inch for inch, pound for pound, Reyna is the best forward in the country."
Frost is the second Chippewa in as many years to earn All-America honors from the AP after former teammate Tinara Moore accomplished the feat last season.
Frost made tremendous strides during her time at CMU, joining the likes of fellow senior Presley Hudson along with Moore in leading the most successful four-year run in program history.
"I've learned different things from different people during my whole time here," Frost said, checking off names of former teammates such as Moore, Hudson, Micaela Kelly, Maddy Watters, Cassie Breen and Jewell Cotton. "Presley, it's been amazing playing with her the last four years. All credit goes to (my teammates)."
Frost, who frequently talked over the years about tangible goals, said she didn't give much thought to earning All-America honors coming into her senior year. But as the season unfolded, it became a very real possibility.
"I just kept adding to the goals and (eventually) I thought I might actually make the team," she said. "I thought, it would be nice, but I knew I played my best all season … It's just icing on the cake."
The Chippewas went 100-33 during Frost's four years in the program. During that span, the Chippewas won four Mid-American Conference West Division championships, three overall MAC regular-season crowns, one league tournament title, and made two NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2018, Frost and Co. led the Chippewas to the Sweet Sixteen, a program first.
Frost finished her career with a MAC-record 1,526 rebounds and scored 1,794 points, the third most in program history. Her 733 points during the 2018-19 season is the most for a single season in Chippewa women's basketball history
She ranked fourth in the nation this season with 13.3 rebounds per game and posted 29 double-doubles, finishing her career with 60. As a senior, she earned the MAC Player of the Year Award, a spot on the All-MAC First Team and was named to the MAC All-Defensive team. She was the MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2018.
As a senior, Frost was named one of five finalists for the Katrina McClain Award, which goes to the top power forward in the nation, and she was named the MAC West Player of the Week an incredible 11 times, including seven consecutively. A mathematics major with a 3.68 grade point average, Frost earned a spot on the Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Third Team.
Frost finished runner-up for the MAC Freshman of the Year Award to Hudson in 2015-16, was named All-MAC Third Team as a sophomore, and to the All-MAC Second Team as a junior.
Frost made her reputation as a tenacious rebounder, finishing in the top 10 in the nation in rebounds per game in each of her four years at CMU, and she developed into a complete player, adding the dribble drive and the 3-pointer to her repertoire. She knocked down 40 triples as a senior finishing her career with 54 after making just one in each of her first two seasons.
"It's so cliché, but when you have dreams you do have put the hard hat on and put the work in, and she did," Guevara said. "She came in without any type of entitlement. She was very accountable for what she did and what she wanted to do and she was very coachable.
"I could not be happier for her. If you're a post player and you look at what she's been able to accomplish at 6-foot, why wouldn't you want to come to Central Michigan? We have also been able to surround her with really good people and that helped make her shine."
She leaves as one of the very best in the 51 years of CMU women's basketball, and as an All-American.
Frost, a 6-foot senior from Reese, earned honorable mention on the Associated Press All-America women's basketball team, which was released on Monday.
"You talk about hard work and how it pays off -- to see everything she has set her mind to and what she has been able to accomplish," CMU coach Sue Guevara said. "I think she's so humble and she's so selfless. Those two characteristics have carried her a long way.
"I think inch for inch, pound for pound, Reyna is the best forward in the country."
Frost is the second Chippewa in as many years to earn All-America honors from the AP after former teammate Tinara Moore accomplished the feat last season.
Frost made tremendous strides during her time at CMU, joining the likes of fellow senior Presley Hudson along with Moore in leading the most successful four-year run in program history.
"I've learned different things from different people during my whole time here," Frost said, checking off names of former teammates such as Moore, Hudson, Micaela Kelly, Maddy Watters, Cassie Breen and Jewell Cotton. "Presley, it's been amazing playing with her the last four years. All credit goes to (my teammates)."
Frost, who frequently talked over the years about tangible goals, said she didn't give much thought to earning All-America honors coming into her senior year. But as the season unfolded, it became a very real possibility.
"I just kept adding to the goals and (eventually) I thought I might actually make the team," she said. "I thought, it would be nice, but I knew I played my best all season … It's just icing on the cake."
The Chippewas went 100-33 during Frost's four years in the program. During that span, the Chippewas won four Mid-American Conference West Division championships, three overall MAC regular-season crowns, one league tournament title, and made two NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2018, Frost and Co. led the Chippewas to the Sweet Sixteen, a program first.
Frost finished her career with a MAC-record 1,526 rebounds and scored 1,794 points, the third most in program history. Her 733 points during the 2018-19 season is the most for a single season in Chippewa women's basketball history
She ranked fourth in the nation this season with 13.3 rebounds per game and posted 29 double-doubles, finishing her career with 60. As a senior, she earned the MAC Player of the Year Award, a spot on the All-MAC First Team and was named to the MAC All-Defensive team. She was the MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2018.
As a senior, Frost was named one of five finalists for the Katrina McClain Award, which goes to the top power forward in the nation, and she was named the MAC West Player of the Week an incredible 11 times, including seven consecutively. A mathematics major with a 3.68 grade point average, Frost earned a spot on the Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Third Team.
Frost finished runner-up for the MAC Freshman of the Year Award to Hudson in 2015-16, was named All-MAC Third Team as a sophomore, and to the All-MAC Second Team as a junior.
Frost made her reputation as a tenacious rebounder, finishing in the top 10 in the nation in rebounds per game in each of her four years at CMU, and she developed into a complete player, adding the dribble drive and the 3-pointer to her repertoire. She knocked down 40 triples as a senior finishing her career with 54 after making just one in each of her first two seasons.
"It's so cliché, but when you have dreams you do have put the hard hat on and put the work in, and she did," Guevara said. "She came in without any type of entitlement. She was very accountable for what she did and what she wanted to do and she was very coachable.
"I could not be happier for her. If you're a post player and you look at what she's been able to accomplish at 6-foot, why wouldn't you want to come to Central Michigan? We have also been able to surround her with really good people and that helped make her shine."
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