BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – SWOSU senior guard Tyra Aska picked up her fourth consecutive All-Great American Conference selection and second straight First Team nod while Makyra Tramble was named the GAC Freshman of the Year and a Second Team selection on Wednesday night at an awards ceremony preceding the 2020 GAC Tournament.
   
The duo was joined on the team by Taber Beer and Bethany Franks, who both earned Honorable Mention, giving the Lady Bulldogs a league-leading four all-conference selections. SWOSU also had one GAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in Dovile Štrimaityte.
 
Aska (Meridian, Okla.) becomes the fourth four-time All-GAC selection in conference history and the second from SWOSU, joining former teammate Hailey Tucker. This is the second straight year that Aska, a former GAC Defensive Player of the Year, earned a selection to the First Team and she does so as SWOSU's second-leading scorer at 11.4 points per game. She also ranks second on the team in assists and third in rebounds and steals. Earlier this season, Aska was named to the GAC's inaugural All-Decade Team and she enters the GAC Tournament ranked fifth in school history in scoring with 1,551 career points and second in both career steals and assists.
 
Tramble (Shawnee, Okla.) burst onto the scene in her first collegiate season and becomes the first Lady Bulldog since Tucker (2016) to claim the GAC's Freshman of the Year award. She finished the regular season ranked second in the conference in scoring (15.8 ppg), fifth in rebounding (7.7 rpg) and sixth in steals (2.4 spg). Tramble has scored in double figures 25 times in 27 games this season, with eight 20-point games to her credit, and she's hit 62 three-pointers, the fourth-most of any player in the conference.
 
Beer (Hammon, Okla.) picks up her first career All-GAC selection following a junior season which has seen her rank fifth in the conference in assists (4.1 apg) and fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.4/1). She also ranks fifth on the team in scoring at 10.0 points per game after scoring in double figures 17 times this season, with a season-high of 20 points at home against Henderson State.
 
Franks (Norman, Okla.) earns a spot on the All-GAC team for the second straight season after again filling up the stat sheet as a junior. This season, she ranks second in NCAA Division II with 102 steals (3.6 per game), which is three away from breaking the single-season record she set last season. Franks has recorded three double-doubles this season and she ranks as SWOSU's fourth-leading scorer (10.3 ppg) and second-leading rebounder (7.5 rpg).
 
Štrimaityte (Palanga, Lithuania) earns her second consecutive Distinguished Scholar Athlete award after her senior season. She is set to graduate from SWOSU in July with a degree in Biological Sciences and then plans to pursue a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Texas beginning in August.
 
SWOSU has now received a league-leading 27 All-Great American Conference selections in the nine-year history of the conference, including 13 First Team All-GAC selections and 13 specialty awards. The Lady Bulldogs open up play in the 2020 GAC Tournament on Friday night at 8:00 pm, facing Arkansas-Monticello in the quarterfinals.