BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Fairmont State women’s basketball coach Stephanie Anderson has been named the 2024-25 Mountain East Conference Women’s Sports Coach of the Year, the league announced Tuesday morning.
 
The winner was determined via a vote of institutional administrators and the MEC office.
 
Anderson, the 2024-25 MEC Coach of the Year in women’s basketball, guided Fairmont State to a sweep of the MEC regular season and tournament championships. The Falcons, as the No. 1 seed, won three games in as many days in the MEC Basketball Tournament in March, winning by an average margin of 19.3 points per game.
 
Fairmont State finished 27-5 overall and 17-3 in MEC play. The Falcons’ season ended in the NCAA Atlantic Regional with a loss to Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
 
Anderson led a pair of All-MEC first team selections: Alyssa DeAngelo and Leslie Huffman. That duo, along with Madeline Huffman, also made the MEC All-Tournament team, while Aaliyah Brunny was selected for the Commissioner’s Heart & Hustle Award. Leslie Huffman, the MEC Tournament MVP, was also named the D2 CCA Atlantic Regional Player of the Year and an All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

MEC Women's Sports Coach of the Year Winners
2014-15: Jenna Eckleberry (Basketball, Shepherd)
2015-16: Christy Benner (Volleyball, Wheeling Jesuit)
2016-17: Steve Warner (Softball, West Virginia Wesleyan)
2017-18: Kim Stephens (Basketball, Glenville State)
2018-19: Kim Stephens (Basketball, Glenville State)
2019-20: Luke Duffy (Soccer, Concord)
2020-21: Tianni Kelly (Basketball, University of Charleston)
2021-22: Kim Stephens (Basketball, Glenville State)
2022-23: Kim Stephens (Basketball, Glenville State)
2023-24: Michelle Frew (Softball, University of Charleston)
2024-25: Stephanie Anderson (Basketball, Fairmont State)