TOWSON, Md. – Two Towson University women's basketball players have received postseason Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) awards, announced by the league office on Wednesday morning. Senior guard India Johnston was honored as the CAA Sixth Player of the Year and named to the All-CAA Second Team. Forward Kayla Morris garnered an All-CAA Defensive Team nod.
 
Johnston earned the CAA Sixth Player of the Year award after finishing the regular season as the league's third-leading scorer with 15.8 points per game on 41.5% from the field and 32.5% from deep. The Delaware product added 2.4 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.0 steal per game in 30 games, primarily off the bench.
 
The senior has etched her name among the program's all-time scoring leaders with 1,249 total points in her fourth season at Towson. She currently stands ninth all-time and, with 16 points, will pass Towson Athletic Hall of Fame member Ruth Ann Holter to move into eighth place. Johnston boasts 175 made triples in her career, good for fourth all-time in TU history.
 
Morris earned an All-CAA Defensive Team nod after pacing the CAA with 62 total blocks, 13 more than the second-highest finisher. The New York native anchored the Black & Gold defense, averaging 2.1 blocks per game and 1.0 steal per game.
 
Morris' 62 blocks are the fifth-most in a single season in Towson history and with 138 blocks over three seasons, she holds the third-highest career mark in program history.
 
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The Tigers enter the Credit Union 1 CAA Championship as the No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 Hofstra in the second round of the tournament on Thursday at 6 p.m. at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C.