GRCC was competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association D2 National Tournament for the first time since 1978. The team needed a win to stay alive after falling to Johnson County Community College – the top team in the nation – on Wednesday. (Johnson County will be playing in the championship game Saturday.)

The Raiders were ahead through the first quarter and trailed by just a point at the half. But Pima, the No. 9 seed, went on a roll in the third quarter, and GRCC was never able to catch up.

Jayla Bibbs had 8 points, 17 rebounds and 4 steals – the NJCAA announcers joked on the broadcast she had about a million boards during the season.

Shonyah Hawkins had 14 points and three rebounds. Eurasia Green-Boyd had 10 points and six rebounds and Danielle Lamancusa had nine points and seven rebounds.

The Raiders ended the season with an impressive 12-5 record, overcoming a variety of challenges created by playing a delayed and shortened season during a pandemic.

Hawkins brought energy and intensity to the team, earning Player of the Year honors from the Michigan Community College Athletic Association's Western Conference.  The point guard also finished 8th in the nation in steals per game.

A sophomore from Grand Rapids, Hawkins earned All-Region, All-MCCAA honors along with Bibbs, one of the best rebounders in the nation.  The LMC transfer finished third in the nation in rebounding at just over 15 per game.

Danielle Lamancusa, a sophomore from Rockford, earned Second Team All-Conference honors, and Eurasia Green-Boyd, a sophomore from Grand Rapids, and Olivia Koetje, a sophomore from Grandville, received Honorable Mention All-Conference salutes.

Bibbs, a sophomore from Buchanan, Hawkins and Green-Boyd were also named to the All-Defensive Team.

Coach David Glazier was named Coach of the Year in the National Junior College Athletic Association Great Lakes C District.

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