Women's Basketball To Honor Quintet Of All-Time Greats
11/12/2021 3:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Guevara, Bradford, Moore, Frost, Hudson To Take Permanent Spot In McGuirk
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The Central Michigan women's basketball program is set to honor several of its legends on Saturday, Nov. 20 (1 p.m.) when it entertains 11th-ranked Michigan in a nonconference game at McGuirk Arena.
CMU will retire the jerseys of former players Crystal Bradford, Reyna Frost, Tinara Moore and Presley Hudson, and will honor former coach Sue Guevara. The numbers that each wore – Bradford No. 23, Frost No. 13, Moore No. 2, and Hudson No. 3 – will be affixed to a banner along with Guevara's name.
The banner will be unveiled during a postgame ceremony.
"We are excited to have the opportunity to honor five people who have meant so much to our program, our university, and this community," said third-year CMU coach Heather Oesterle, who served as an assistant coach under Guevara and eventually became the program's associate head coach, helping to lead the program to an extended era of tremendous success when Bradford, Frost, Moore and Hudson played for the Chippewas.
"Our university had the slogan, 'Put your stamp on the world,'" Oesterle said, "I would say these five put their stamp on everything Central Michigan has to offer. Our program has won a championship in each of the past five seasons because of the culture these five helped create. We are thankful for their time at CMU and looking forward to recognizing them in front of their families and our amazing fans."
Guevara came to CMU in 2007-08 and in her 12-year tenure built the premier women's basketball program in the Mid-American Conference and a mid-major power.
She led CMU to three MAC regular-season championships, two league tournament titles, and eight postseason trips. Her 2017-18 team knocked off two higher-seeded teams, LSU and Ohio State, in reaching the Sweet 16 and finishing with a program-record 30 victories against just five losses.
Guevara earned the MAC Coach of the Year Award three times, and she amassed a 231-156 record at CMU. Her final four Chippewa teams went a combined 100-33.
"Coach G recruited players who wanted to be the best and play against the best," Oesterle said. "She was a great motivator, and her players would want to run through a wall for her. I also always said that Coach G was the mayor of Mount Pleasant with the number of lives she touched while she lived here. Everyone loves Sue Guevara!"
Bradford played for the Chippewas from 2012-15; Moore from 2015-18; and Frost and Hudson from 2016-19. Bradford was named the MAC Player of the Year in 2014, while Moore earned the honor in 2018, and Frost accomplished the feat in 2019.
Bradford (2013) and Frost (2018) both also earned the MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player Award. Moore and Frost both earned All-America honors.
Bradford, who scored 2,006 points during her CMU career, is now a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. She was the program's career scoring leader when she left after the 2014-15 season and is now third behind Hudson (2,309) and Micaela Kelly (2,173).
"CB is the most talented player to ever wear the maroon and gold," Oesterle said. "She could play any position and could score in a variety of ways. She's a baller and there's a reason she's a pro player right now. She's also more extroverted than anyone I've ever met, and she could make a room full of strangers roll on the floor laughing with her personality."
Moore is CMU's sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,676 points, is first in program history with a .545 field goal percentage and is the program's leader with 215 blocks. The two-time MAC Defensive Player of the Year is now playing professionally in Spain.
"Tinara is the player-development success story we always talk about in recruiting," said Oesterle, adding that Moore developed from a seldom-used freshman to the MAC's top player and an All-American when it was all said and done. "The light kind of came on after her freshmen year that if she put the work in, she could be pretty good. She was a difference maker on both ends of the floor as she was our rim protector on anyone driving into the paint. Tinara has a very goofy personality and people loved being around her."
Hudson and Frost, the latter from Reese, the former from Wayland, comprised one-half of the Chippewas' signing class in November, 2014. They left after a remarkable run during which the program, led by Guevara and Oesterle and helped by the likes of Moore and so many others, reached unprecedented success.
Hudson was a three-time All-MAC First Teamer who is now an assistant on Oesterle's staff. In addition to being CMU's all-time leading scorer and the fifth-leading scorer in MAC history, Hudson made 404 3-pointers and posted a .925 free throw percentage. Both numbers are the best in MAC history.
Frost, who is now an assistant at Michigan, ranks fifth in CMU history with 1,794 points and is first in program and MAC history with 1,526 rebounds.
"Presley changed the culture of our program by how much time she put in the gym," Oesterle said. "Every young girl who came to our camps and clinics idolized Presley. The saying that hard work pays off? That is Presley and her time at CMU. We would have to make her get out of the gym. She just loves the game of basketball.
"If you were to play a pickup game and have captains pick teams, Reyna would be everyone's first pick. She just makes her team better by how hard she works on the court. There was never a loose ball or rebound she wouldn't go after. From the moment Reyna stepped on campus she wanted to be great, and she also wanted to rewrite the rebounding records. She is one of the most driven people I've ever been around."
CMU will retire the jerseys of former players Crystal Bradford, Reyna Frost, Tinara Moore and Presley Hudson, and will honor former coach Sue Guevara. The numbers that each wore – Bradford No. 23, Frost No. 13, Moore No. 2, and Hudson No. 3 – will be affixed to a banner along with Guevara's name.
The banner will be unveiled during a postgame ceremony.
"We are excited to have the opportunity to honor five people who have meant so much to our program, our university, and this community," said third-year CMU coach Heather Oesterle, who served as an assistant coach under Guevara and eventually became the program's associate head coach, helping to lead the program to an extended era of tremendous success when Bradford, Frost, Moore and Hudson played for the Chippewas.
"Our university had the slogan, 'Put your stamp on the world,'" Oesterle said, "I would say these five put their stamp on everything Central Michigan has to offer. Our program has won a championship in each of the past five seasons because of the culture these five helped create. We are thankful for their time at CMU and looking forward to recognizing them in front of their families and our amazing fans."
Guevara came to CMU in 2007-08 and in her 12-year tenure built the premier women's basketball program in the Mid-American Conference and a mid-major power.
She led CMU to three MAC regular-season championships, two league tournament titles, and eight postseason trips. Her 2017-18 team knocked off two higher-seeded teams, LSU and Ohio State, in reaching the Sweet 16 and finishing with a program-record 30 victories against just five losses.
Guevara earned the MAC Coach of the Year Award three times, and she amassed a 231-156 record at CMU. Her final four Chippewa teams went a combined 100-33.
"Coach G recruited players who wanted to be the best and play against the best," Oesterle said. "She was a great motivator, and her players would want to run through a wall for her. I also always said that Coach G was the mayor of Mount Pleasant with the number of lives she touched while she lived here. Everyone loves Sue Guevara!"
Bradford played for the Chippewas from 2012-15; Moore from 2015-18; and Frost and Hudson from 2016-19. Bradford was named the MAC Player of the Year in 2014, while Moore earned the honor in 2018, and Frost accomplished the feat in 2019.
Bradford (2013) and Frost (2018) both also earned the MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player Award. Moore and Frost both earned All-America honors.
Bradford, who scored 2,006 points during her CMU career, is now a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. She was the program's career scoring leader when she left after the 2014-15 season and is now third behind Hudson (2,309) and Micaela Kelly (2,173).
"CB is the most talented player to ever wear the maroon and gold," Oesterle said. "She could play any position and could score in a variety of ways. She's a baller and there's a reason she's a pro player right now. She's also more extroverted than anyone I've ever met, and she could make a room full of strangers roll on the floor laughing with her personality."
Moore is CMU's sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,676 points, is first in program history with a .545 field goal percentage and is the program's leader with 215 blocks. The two-time MAC Defensive Player of the Year is now playing professionally in Spain.
"Tinara is the player-development success story we always talk about in recruiting," said Oesterle, adding that Moore developed from a seldom-used freshman to the MAC's top player and an All-American when it was all said and done. "The light kind of came on after her freshmen year that if she put the work in, she could be pretty good. She was a difference maker on both ends of the floor as she was our rim protector on anyone driving into the paint. Tinara has a very goofy personality and people loved being around her."
Hudson and Frost, the latter from Reese, the former from Wayland, comprised one-half of the Chippewas' signing class in November, 2014. They left after a remarkable run during which the program, led by Guevara and Oesterle and helped by the likes of Moore and so many others, reached unprecedented success.
Hudson was a three-time All-MAC First Teamer who is now an assistant on Oesterle's staff. In addition to being CMU's all-time leading scorer and the fifth-leading scorer in MAC history, Hudson made 404 3-pointers and posted a .925 free throw percentage. Both numbers are the best in MAC history.
Frost, who is now an assistant at Michigan, ranks fifth in CMU history with 1,794 points and is first in program and MAC history with 1,526 rebounds.
"Presley changed the culture of our program by how much time she put in the gym," Oesterle said. "Every young girl who came to our camps and clinics idolized Presley. The saying that hard work pays off? That is Presley and her time at CMU. We would have to make her get out of the gym. She just loves the game of basketball.
"If you were to play a pickup game and have captains pick teams, Reyna would be everyone's first pick. She just makes her team better by how hard she works on the court. There was never a loose ball or rebound she wouldn't go after. From the moment Reyna stepped on campus she wanted to be great, and she also wanted to rewrite the rebounding records. She is one of the most driven people I've ever been around."
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