SPRINGFIELD -- Missouri State handed out its annual year-end awards recognizing the school's top female student-athletes Thursday, with volleyball player Lily Johnson (Fr., Wildwood, Mo.) and basketball player Kenzie Williams (Jr., Mt. Vernon, Mo.) sharing the 2014-15 Outstanding Female Athlete Award, as voted on by Missouri State's nine women's head coaches, and senior volleyball player Andrea Beaty (Pacific, Mo.) earning the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Female Scholar-Athlete Award, given to the graduating female student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average.

Other finalists for the 2014-15 Outstanding Female Athlete Award, which saw the votes tie for just the second time, were: all-MVC sprinter and hurdler Oarabile Babolayi (Mosetse, Botswana); First-team all-MVC soccer player Molly Huber (Sr., Louis, Mo.); NFCA all-region softball player Chelsea Jones (Sr., El Reno, Okla.); and all-MAC field hockey player Andrea Solder Codina (Fr., Terrassa, Spain).

A first-team all-Missouri Valley Conference selection and the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women's basketball, Williams led the Lady Bears in scoring at 15.4 points per game, including a 16.1 average on 46 percent field goal shooting in conference games. She also averaged 5.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.9 steals while starting all 33 contests.

Williams ranked among the league's top 15 in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, assists, steals, free throw percentage, 3-pointers per game and 3-point percentage, scored in double figures 28 times, and joined the school's 1,000-point club in February. Williams ended the season ranked 18th in MSU history with 1,170 career points, and her 509 points on the year were the No. 16 season total in school history.

Johnson's exceptional freshman season in 2014 culminated with a selection to the AVCA All-American Honorable Mention squad, making her the sixth player and first freshman to reach All-America status in Missouri State's storied volleyball history.

The MVC Freshman of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection, Johnson led the MVC in total kills (495), kills per set (3.99), points per set (4.50) and aces per set (0.31), ranking among the top 70 players nationally in each of those categories. Her kill total and average established MSU freshman records, while her performances of 26 kills on Sept. 12 against Ball State and 23 kills at Kansas State on Sept. 8 represented the Nos. 1 and 3 single-match kill totals for a freshman in school history.

Johnson, who joins swimming's Courtney Phillips in 2003 as the only freshmen to win MSU's Outstanding Female Athlete Award, had at least 10 kills in 27 of Missouri State's 32 matches, including a streak of 13 in a row to close the season that serves as the longest at MSU since 1997. She also posted seven matches with at least 20 kills, the most in a season at MSU since 1998, while the last Bear to finish their career with at least seven 20-kill matches finished playing in 2006.

Additionally, Johnson had at least 17 kills in seven consecutive matches from Sept. 8-26, the longest such streak since 1997, while her 495 kills and 3.99 average ranked sixth and seventh, respectively, on MSU's single-season list.

Beaty graduated with a 3.92 grade-point average in May with a degree in Psychology after spending three seasons with the Bears' volleyball program from 2012-14. She accumulated 515 kills in three seasons at Missouri State and more than 1,200 as a collegian, earning second-team all-MVC honors for the Bears in both 2012 and 2014, as well as MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team accolades following both of those seasons.

Beaty hit .264 and averaged 2.19 kills and 0.95 blocks per set during her MSU career, and ranked sixth in the MVC as a senior with a .313 attack efficiency. She earned a Capital One Academic All-District Second Team nod in 2014 as well.

The Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Female Scholar-Athlete Award is named in honor of the long-time Missouri State teacher, coach and athletics administrator who became the first female to be named as Missouri Sports Legend by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

Missouri State Outstanding Female Athlete Award
1981 - Stephanie Dutton, field hockey
1982 - Jennifer Seveland Box, volleyball
1983 - Lynne Strubberg, basketball
1984 - Jeanette Tendai, basketball
1985 - Kim Schwaab, field hockey
1986 - Terri Whitmarsh, softball
1987 - Kathy Crotty, volleyball
1988 - Marjorie DeMarino, field hockey
1989 - Mindy Struckhoff, volleyball
1990 - Susan Ruch, volleyball
1991 - LaWaynta Dawson, basketball
1992 - Barb Gaines, softball
1993 - Barb Gaines, softball
1994 - Melody Howard, basketball
- Kellie Becher, softball
1995 - Melinda Sallins, track and field
1996 - Melinda Sallins, track and field
1997 - Michelle Baptiste, track and field
1998 - Lisa Davies, basketball
1999 - Verneta Lesforis, track and field
2000 - Jackie Stiles, basketball
2001 - Jackie Stiles, basketball
2002 - Cheasa Gibson, track and field
2003 - Courtney Phillips, swimming & diving
2004 - Cheasa Gibson, track and field
2005 - Casey Owens, track and cross country
2006 - Tracy Partain, track and field
2007 - Sally Hinton, golf
2008 - Missy Linnens, golf
2009 - Jordan Hawkins, swimming & diving
2010 - Samantha Aguilar, soccer
2011 - Chelsea Dirks-Ham
2012 - Casey Garrison, basketball
2013 - Nia Williams, soccer
2014 - Renata Sander, swimming & diving
2015 - Lily Johnson, volleyball
- Kenzie Williams, basketball

Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Senior Female Scholar-Athletes
1981 - Diane Linneman, basketball
1982 - Stephanie Dutton, field hockey
1983 - Jennifer Seveland Box, volleyball
- Diane Busenbark, cross country
1984 - Mandy Charles, track
1985 - Maureen Manda, volleyball
1986 - Lisa Einheuser, cross country and track
1987 - Marla Douglass, basketball
1988 - Julie Warren, volleyball
1989 - Mandy Struckhoff, volleyball
1990 - Pat Stock, volleyball
1991 - Karen Heman, field hockey
1992 - Charity Shira, basketball
1993 - JanaRae Abram, tennis
1994 - Melody Howard, basketball
1995 - Linda Shipton, field hockey
1996 - Jodie Schurle, track & field
1997 - Alissa Donaldson, field hockey and soccer
1998 - Michelle Witzke, volleyball
1999 - Cheryl Haslag, cross country and track
- Lisa Davies, basketball
2000 - Lani Kim, volleyball
2001 - Jessica Gorham, softball
2002 - Erica Adams, swimming
2003 - Rhonda Allen, cross country and track
2004 - Mary Litvan, soccer
2005 - Karen Hymer, soccer
2006 - Sarah Klaassen, basketball
2007 - Melissa Behr, field hockey
2008 - Carrie Vestal, cross country and track
2009 - Cara Belcher, swimming & diving
2010 - Chelsea Ray, swimming & diving
2011 - Katharina Voelkel, swimming & diving
2012 - Terry Phillips, cross country and track
2013 - Chelsea Voet, soccer
2014 - Emily Beaver, cross country and track
2015 - Andrea Beaty, volleyball