BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | UAH women's basketball junior Lili Wilken was named Gulf South Conference Player of the Year as announced by the league on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Wilken becomes the third GSC Player of the Year for in UAH women's basketball history and the first since the 2012-13 campaign. She is also the first First Team All-GSC honoree for the program since 2013-14.
 
A native of Nolensville, Tennessee, Wilken guided the Chargers to a second-place finish in the GSC standings in her first season in the Rocket City with a team-high 17.2 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game in 28 games played.
 
She enters the GSC tournament ranked second in the conference in points per game (17.2) and seventh in rebounds per game (6.6) as she is the only player in the league ranked in the top seven of the league in both statistical categories.
 
Wilken excelled during GSC play, leading the conference with 18.2 points per game while shooting 50.2 percent (148-195) from the field over 22 contests. She ended the regular season scoring 23 points or more in five of the last six games as well.
 
The second-seeded Chargers look ahead to hosting seventh-seeded Auburn Montgomery on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Spragins Hall in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Truist Gulf South Conference Women's Basketball Championships