OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Johnson County Community College sophomore guards Jaci Stowers and Paige Elston were among the 10 players to be selected as 2019 NJCAA Region VI performers. Both players earned second-team honors. Earlier this season both players were selected as All-Kansas Jayhawk D-II performers, and Stowers also was selected as an honorable mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Stowers leaves ranked among the greatest long-range shooters to play at Johnson County. She made 188 career 3-point baskets, finishing one shy of the all-time mark set last year by Kylie Williams. She also finished with 795 points, which ties her for 21st on the all-time chart at JCCC. She scored in double figures 43 times, and she topped 20 or more 13 times.
This past season, Stowers averaged 13.5 points, second-best on the team, along with 2.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists. She led the conference and ranked second in the NJCAA with 93 made 3-point baskets. That total ranks sixth on JCCC's season chart. She scored double figures 25 times and topped 20 or more six times, including a career high 24 in an 82-74 over No. 10-ranked North Iowa Area.
Elston has shown over her two seasons to be a very skilled points guard that has a knack for scoring the ball. This season she averaged 11.1 points per game, third-best on the team, along with 3.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game. She led the team with 50 steals and was third in 64 assists. Her 50 steals tied for fifth in the conference, and her 64 assists ranked 10th.
She also made 33 4-point baskets, and shot 76 percent from the free throw line during the season, and upped that to 84 percent in conference play. Elston scored in double fibures 16 times and topped 20 or more points twice.
She closes out her career with 664 points, which ties for 34th all-time at JCCC, and she reached double figures 39 times.