Kendall Carruthers Chosen First Team Preseason All-MAC

TOLEDO, Ohio – Junior guard Kendall Carruthers has been chosen among the many Mid-American Conference’s 2025-26 girls’s basketball preseason honors as a First Team Preseason All-MAC choice, the convention workplace introduced on Tuesday.

Toledo was picked second of 13 groups among the many league’s coaches within the preseason ballot. Toledo obtained two first-place votes and three votes to win the 2026 MAC Tournament in Cleveland. Kent State was picked because the preseason and match favourite.

 

Entering her second season within the Glass City, Carruthers was an Honorable Mention All-MAC decide a season in the past. She averaged 11.4 factors, 2.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 0.8 steals as a sophomore in 2024-25. Carruthers shot 42.2% from the sector, 38.0% from three-point vary and 81.8% from the foul line final season, rating seventh within the MAC from the foul line and eighth from past the arc.

 

Carruthers totaled 20 double-digit scoring outings, together with 14 instances throughout MAC play. She surged for 21 factors in a Battle of I-75 victory towards Bowling Green and poured in 20 in a late season matchup towards Central Michigan. The Toledo native additionally drained the game-winning shot within the ultimate seconds in an exhilarating street victory at Buffalo, a recreation the place she scored 14 factors with seven rebounds.

 

The Rockets are coming off a 24-9 (13-5 MAC) season which featured appearances within the MAC Tournament Championship recreation and the WBIT in 2024-25. The Rockets open up the 2025-26 marketing campaign on the street at Troy on Monday, Nov. 3 within the MAC-SBC Challenge. Toledo opens up at Savage Arena in a key early take a look at towards defending WCC common season champion Gonzaga on Nov. 9.

 

2025-26 Preseason All-MAC Teams

First Team

Kendall Carruthers – Toledo, Jr.

Sisi Eleko – Eastern Michigan, Sr.

Paige Kohler – Bowling Green, Jr.

Madi Morson – Central Michigan, So.

Janae Tyler – Kent State, Jr.

 

Second Team

Mya Babbitt – Kent State, Jr.

Yahmani McKayle – UMass, So.

Megan Olbrys – UMass, Sr.

Ayanna-Sarai Darrington – Central Michigan, So.

Amber Tretter – Miami, Jr.

 

2025-26 MAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll

(First Place Votes)

1. Kent State (5) – 133 factors

2. Toledo (2) – 118 factors

3. UMass (3) – 115 factors

4. Ball State (3) – 112 factors

5. Central Michigan – 105 factors

6. Bowling Green – 101 factors

7. Miami – 86 factors

8. Akron – 51 factors

9. Western Michigan – 48 factors

10. Ohio – 44 factors

11. Buffalo – 42 factors

12. Eastern Michigan – 36 factors

13. Northern Illinois – 23 factors

 

Tournament Champion: Kent State – 5, Toledo – 3, UMass – 3, Ball State – 1, Miami – 1