Westgate Lands Spot on First-Team All-CL, Henson on Second Team
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JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League released its All-CL women's basketball teams on Wednesday, in which Taylor Westgate garnered first-team honors and Ava Henson was named to the second team.
Westgate's first-team nod adds to the impressive list of accolades the forward has notched within the Crossroads League over the past four seasons. The senior finishes her career at TU having been named once each to the league's all-freshman team, all-defensive team and second team, three times to the preseason first team, and now twice to the First-Team All-Crossroads League. Additionally, she has earned three CL Player-of-the-Week Awards the past two seasons.
During the 2023-24 season, Westgate finished first in the CL in rebounds per game at 9.7, seventh in blocks per game at a hair under 1.0, and ninth in scoring with 13.9 points per game. The forward also recorded 11 double-doubles, tied TU's single-game rebounding record with 25 boards on Jan. 17 versus Huntington, and closed her season with nine consecutive games scoring in double figures – a stretch that included six consecutive contests with a field-goal percentage of at least 50.0 percent.
Westgate ends her time with the Trojans as the program's third most prolific rebounder with 1,013 boards, and she is tied for 12th on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,416 points. She has also tallied 34 career double-doubles and 76 career games with a double-digit scoring total.
Henson's Second-Team All-Crossroads League selection is the first such honor of her career, as the guard built on her CL Honorable Mention campaign from the 2022-23 season. The senior concluded her season as the Trojans' most consistent and prolific scorer with nine games of at least 20 points, including the team's highest single-game output of 34 points on Senior Day, Feb. 24, versus Bethel.
Amongst her peers in the Crossroads League, Henson ranked sixth in scoring average at 16.0 points per game, fourth in three-point accuracy at 39.8 percent, sixth in three-point makes per game with 1.7 and ninth in field-goal percentage at a team-best 51.4 percent clip. Defensively, Henson placed second on the team with 1.4 steals per game.
Despite her senior status throughout the season, Henson has announced intentions to utilize her fifth year of eligibility at Taylor and return as a graduate student to the team. The guard is currently nearing milestone marks with 982 career points and 99 career steals.