Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year explained

Pac-12 Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded For:the most outstanding basketball player in the Pac-12 Conference
Country:United States
Year:1987
Holder:Cameron Brink, Stanford

The Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year was a basketball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1986–87 season, the first year in which the league then known as the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) officially sponsored women's sports.

Two bodies voted for players of the year. The league's head coaches selected a winner since the award's inception, while media members who cover Pac-12 women's basketball presented their own version of the award in the 2009–10 season.[1] As is the case with the corresponding men's award, coaches were not allowed to vote for their own players.[2]

Ten players have won the award more than once, but only two, Candice Wiggins of Stanford and Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon, have won three times, and only Ionescu has won all three awards consecutively. Six players have won a major end-of-season national award in the year that they won the conference award. Four of them are from Stanford: Jennifer Azzi claimed the Naismith Award and Wade Trophy in 1990; Kate Starbird won the Naismith Award in 1997; Wiggins received the Wade Trophy in 2008; and Chiney Ogwumike won the Wooden Award in 2014.[3] The others are Kelsey Plum of Washington, who won all three major awards in 2017,[4] [5] [6] and Ionescu, who received the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award in 2019[7] [8] and all three major awards in 2020.[9] [10] [11]

There have been four shared awards. Starbird and Tanja Kostić of Oregon State tied for the coaches' award in 1996. In 2015, Reshanda Gray of California won the coaches' award and Ruth Hamblin of Oregon State won the media award. The following year, Jamie Weisner of Oregon State won the coaches' award outright and shared the media award with Jillian Alleyne of Oregon. Most recently, Stanford teammates Cameron Brink and Haley Jones shared honors in 2022, with Brink receiving the media award and Jones the coaches' award.

For most of the award's history, the list of honorees has been dominated by Stanford, which has had 12 players earn a total of 20 awards. The rest of the conference has had 17 players earn a total of 19 awards. However, Stanford's 2022 awards were the Cardinal's first since the 2013–14 season. Three of the then-Pac-12 members have never had a winner: established members Arizona State and Washington State, plus 2011 arrival Colorado.

Key

†Co-Players of the Year
Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
Wade Trophy (1977–78 to present)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1982–83 to present)
John R. Wooden Award (2003–04 to present)
CPac-12 coaches selection (2010–present)
MMedia selection (2010–present)
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Pac-12 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1986–87OregonGuard[12] [13]
1987–88USC
1988–89StanfordGuard[14]
1989–90
  • (2)
StanfordGuard
1990–91StanfordGuard
1991–92Stanford
1992–93 (2)Stanford
1993–94UCLA
1994–95Oregon StateForward[15]
1995–96† (2)Oregon StateForward
StanfordGuard
1996–97
  • (2)
StanfordGuard
1997–98Arizona
1998–99UCLA
1999–2000OregonGuard
2000–01Oregon StateGuard[16]
2001–02StanfordForward
2002–03WashingtonGuard[17]
2003–04 (2)StanfordForward
2004–05StanfordGuard
2005–06 (2)StanfordGuard
2006–07California
2007–08
  • (3)
StanfordGuard
2008–09Stanford
StanfordForward
2010–11StanfordGuard[18]
2011–12 (2)StanfordForward
StanfordForward
  • (2)
StanfordForward
2014–15 †CCaliforniaForward[19]
MOregon StateCenter[20]
2015–16 †MOregonForward
C, MOregon StateGuard
WashingtonGuard[21] [22]
OregonGuard[23] [24]
  • (2)
OregonGuard[25] [26]
  • (3)
OregonGuard[27] [28]
ArizonaGuard[29]
2021–22 †MStanfordForward[30]
CGuard[31]
UtahForward[32] [33]
(2)StanfordForward[34] [35]

Winners by school

School (year joined)WinnersYears
Stanford (1959)211989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996†, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022 (×2)†, 2024
Oregon (1964)61987, 2000, 2016†, 2018, 2019, 2020
Oregon State (1964)51995, 1996†, 2001, 2015†, 2016†
Arizona (1978)21998, 2021
California (1959)22007, 2015†
UCLA (1959)21994, 1999
Washington (1959)22003, 2017
USC (1959)11988
Utah (2011)12023
Arizona State (1978)0—
Colorado (2011)0—
Washington State (1962)0—

References

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Notes and References

  1. Media votes Alleyne, Weisner Players of the Year . Pac-12 Conference . March 2, 2016 . March 3, 2016.
  2. Pac-12 announces women’s basketball honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20160302044633/http://pac-12.com/article/2016/02/29/pac-12-announces-women%E2%80%99s-basketball-honors . dead . March 2, 2016 . Pac-12 Conference . February 29, 2016 . March 2, 2016.
  3. Web site: National Honors . 2015–16 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide . Pac-12 Conference . 63 . March 2, 2016.
  4. Washington’s Kelsey Plum Named 2017 Citizen Naismith Trophy Winner . Atlanta Tipoff Club . April 1, 2017 . April 2, 2017.
  5. Wade Trophy Winner Kelsey Plum of Washington Headlines 2017 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-American Team . . April 1, 2017 . April 2, 2017.
  6. Kelsey Plum Wins 2017 John R. Wooden Award . . April 7, 2017 . April 7, 2017.
  7. Wade Trophy Winner Sabrina Ionescu Headlines 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team . . April 4, 2019 . April 4, 2019.
  8. Winners Named for John R. Wooden Award During College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy's on ESPN2 . Los Angeles Athletic Club . April 12, 2019 . April 12, 2019.
  9. Ionescu and Toppin Named 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy Winners . Atlanta Tipoff Club . April 3, 2020 . April 3, 2020.
  10. Wade Trophy Winner Sabrina Ionescu Headlines 2020 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team . Women's Basketball Coaches Association . April 2, 2020 . April 2, 2020.
  11. Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu Wins 2020 John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's . Los Angeles Athletic Club . April 7, 2020 . April 8, 2020.
  12. Web site: Awards and Honors . Oregon Women's Basketball 2015–16 Media Guide . Oregon Ducks . 44 . March 2, 2016.
  13. Web site: Oregon's 1,000-Point Scorers . Oregon Women's Basketball 2015–16 Media Guide . Oregon Ducks . 58 . March 2, 2016.
  14. Nine Pac-12 All-Century . Stanford Cardinal . February 29, 2016 . March 3, 2016.
  15. Web site: Year-By-Year Results . 2015–16 Oregon State Women's Basketball Media Guide . Oregon State Beavers . 95–96 . March 2, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307005030/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf9/4144607.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30800 . March 7, 2016 . dead .
  16. Web site: All-Time Greats: Felicia Ragland . 2015–16 Oregon State Women's Basketball Media Guide . Oregon State Beavers . 123 . March 2, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307005030/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf9/4144607.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30800 . March 7, 2016 . dead .
  17. Web site: Meet the Huskies . 2003–04 Washington Women's Basketball Media Guide . 26 . Washington Huskies . March 4, 2016.
  18. Web site: Women's Basketball: 2010–11 Roster . Stanford Cardinal . March 3, 2016.
  19. 2014-15 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Honors . Pac-12 Conference . March 3, 2015 . March 3, 2016.
  20. 2014-15 Women's Basketball Media Honors . Pac-12 Conference . March 4, 2015 . March 3, 2016.
  21. 2016-17 Pac-12 Women's Basketball honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301014345/http://pac-12.com/article/2017/02/28/2016-17-pac-12-women%E2%80%99s-basketball-honors . dead . March 1, 2017 . Pac-12 Conference . February 28, 2017 . February 28, 2017.
  22. 2016-17 Pac-12 Women's Basketball media honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20170302075044/http://pac-12.com/article/2017/03/01/2016-17-pac-12-womens-basketball-media-honors . dead . March 2, 2017 . Pac-12 Conference . March 1, 2017 . March 1, 2017.
  23. Pac-12 Announces Annual Women’s Basketball Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20180228162632/http://pac-12.com/article/2018/02/27/pac-12-announces-annual-womens-basketball-awards . dead . February 28, 2018 . Pac-12 Conference . February 27, 2018 . February 27, 2018.
  24. 2017-18 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Awards Announced . Pac-12 Conference . February 28, 2018 . February 28, 2018.
  25. Pac-12 Announces Annual Women's Basketball Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111623/https://pac-12.com/article/2019/03/05/pac-12-announces-annual-womens-basketball-awards . dead . March 6, 2019 . Pac-12 Conference . March 5, 2019 . March 5, 2019.
  26. 2018-19 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Media Awards Announced . Pac-12 Conference . March 6, 2019 . March 6, 2019.
  27. 2019-20 Annual Pac-12 Women's Basketball Conference Honors Announced . https://web.archive.org/web/20200303184418/https://pac-12.com/article/2020/03/02/2019-20-annual-pac-12-womens-basketball-conference-honors-announced . dead . March 3, 2020 . Pac-12 Conference . March 3, 2020 . March 3, 2020.
  28. 2019-20 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Media Awards Announced . Pac-12 Conference . March 4, 2020 . March 4, 2020.
  29. 2020-21 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards presented by Nextiva. Pac-12 Conference . March 1, 2021 . March 2, 2021.
  30. 2021-22 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Awards announced . Pac-12 Conference . March 2, 2022 . March 3, 2022.
  31. 2021-22 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva . Pac-12 Conference . March 1, 2022 . March 3, 2022.
  32. 2022-23 Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva . Pac-12 Conference . February 28, 2023 . February 28, 2023.
  33. 2022-23 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Awards announced . Pac-12 Conference . March 1, 2023 . March 1, 2023.
  34. 2023-24 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva . https://web.archive.org/web/20240305210934/https://pac-12.com/article/2024/03/04/2023-24-pac-12-womens-basketball-all-conference-honors-and-annual-performance . dead . March 5, 2024 . Pac-12 Conference . March 5, 2024 . March 5, 2024.
  35. 2023-24 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Awards announced . Pac-12 Conference . March 6, 2024 . March 6, 2024.

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