BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Charleston's Elizabeth Karsten has been named the Mountain East Conference Women's Golf Player for the 2019-20 season. The conference also recognized Glenville State's Kendall Wall as the Freshman of the Year, and the University of Charleston's Will Johnson was named as the league's Coach of the Year. 

The All-MEC teams, along with Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors, were determined by the finish at the MEC Championship conducted last fall.*

Karsten, a senior from Rochester, N.Y., is the first Golden Eagle to earn MEC Player of the Year honors. She was the medalist at the MEC Championship last fall with a three-day total of 232. She was an All-MEC Second Team selection as a sophomore, and earned first team honors in each of the last two seasons. 

Wall, a native of Conroe, Texas, is the league's Freshman of the Year. She is the first Glenville State player to earn that distinction and the first Pioneer to earn All-MEC First Team honors. She finished tied for third at the league's championship last fall. 

Additionally, four other players earned a spot on the first team: Alexandra Cardi (Notre Dame), McKenzie Dietz (Charleston), Sarah Feizal (Charleston) and Macie Hysell (Notre Dame).

Seven players from six schools earned a spot on the second team: Carleigh Bolyard (W.Va. Wesleyan), Sarah Cole (Concord), Bailey Frederick (Wheeling), Lindsay Miller (Notre Dame), Kailey Pettit (West Liberty), Sarah Phipps (Charleston) and Katelyn Sanders (Concord).

Sophia Canale (Glenville State), Sumire Ebioka (W.Va. Wesleyan), Emily Holzopfel (Wheeling), Dorothy Romanek (Davis & Elkins), Armani Shepherd (Notre Dame) and Alyssa Wrozier (Charleston) earned honorable mention recognition.

Johnson earns Coach of the Year honors for the fourth time in five years. He directed the Golden Eagles to their third MEC title last fall winning the championship by 30 shots. 

* The MEC's all-conference teams are typically the scoring average from select events in both the fall and spring. Due to the cancellation of spring events, the all-conference teams were selected based on the finish at the conference championship event in October at Glade Springs Resort.