2017-18 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Teams Announced
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Pac-12 Conference announced today the 15-member All-Pac-12 women’s basketball team, as well as the five-member All-Defensive squad and five-member All-Freshman team. The teams were selected in a vote of the league’s 12 coaches.
The Pac-12 Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, John R. Wooden Coach of the Year and Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors will be announced this evening at 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Network in a special 30-minute Pac-12 Sport Report. In addition to the live announcement of the yearly awards, the show will include analysis and recaps of the Conference heading into the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament in Seattle, Wash. Ashley Adamson will host with analysts Anne Marie Anderson and Mary Murphy. In addition to airing on Pac-12 Network, the show can be watched via the Pac-12 Now app (available on the App store for iOS and Google Play for Android) and on Pac-12.com/now.
CALIFORNIA junior Kristine Anigwe (Phoenix, Ariz.) and UCLA senior Jordin Canada (Los Angeles, Calif.) earn a spot on the all-Conference team for the third-consecutive year, while another seven were repeat honorees. The All-Defensive team is made up of four student-athletes from the LA schools: repeat performers Canada and UCLA senior teammate Monique Billings (Corona, Calif.), and USC’s Aliyah Mazyck, a junior guard, and Minyon Moore, a sophomore guard. OREGON STATE senior Marie Gülich joins them on the squad. Five different teams are represented on the All-Freshman team.
The Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament takes place this week, March 1-4, in Seattle at KeyArena. Tickets are available for purchase at pac-12.com/tickets.
The complete list of honors is listed below:
ALL-PAC-12 (15 members)
| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Kristine Anigwe *** | California | F | Jr. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Monique Billings ** | UCLA | F | Sr. | Corona, Calif. |
| Jordin Canada *** | UCLA | G | Sr. | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Maite Cazorla | Oregon | G | Jr. | Las Palmas, Spain |
| Marie Gülich ** | Oregon State | F/C | Sr. | Cologne, Germany |
| Ruthy Hebard ** | Oregon | F | So. | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Borislava Hristova | Washington State | F | So. | Varna, Bulgaria |
| Megan Huff | Utah | F | Jr. | Federal Way, Wash. |
| Kianna Ibis | Arizona State | F | Jr. | Omaha, Neb. |
| Sabrina Ionescu ** | Oregon | G | So. | Walnut Creek, Calif. |
| Kennedy Leonard ** | Colorado | G | Jr. | Southlake, Texas |
| Brittany McPhee ** | Stanford | G | Sr. | Normandy Park, Wash. |
| Amber Melgoza | Washington | G | So. | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Kristen Simon ** | USC | F | Sr. | Gardena, Calif. |
| Alanna Smith | Stanford | F | Sr. | Melbourne, Australia |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Jalea Bennett, ARIZ (Sr., G); Kennedy Burke, UCLA (Jr., G); Mikayla Cowling, CAL (Sr., G/F); Aliyah Mazyck, USC (Jr., G); Katie McWilliams, OSU (Jr., G); Mikayla Pivec, OSU (So., G); Emily Potter, UTAH (Sr., F); Robbi Ryan, ASU (So., G); Asha Thomas, CAL (Jr., G); Kat Tudor, OSU (So., G); Kiana Williams, STAN (Fr., G).
ALL-DEFENSIVE (5 members)
| Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Hometown |
| Monique Billings ** | UCLA | F | Sr. | Corona, Calif. |
| Jordin Canada *** | UCLA | G | Sr. | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Marie Gülich | Oregon State | F/C | Sr. | Cologne, Germany |
| Aliyah Mazyck | USC | G | Jr. | Charlotte, N.C. |
| Minyon Moore | USC | G | So. | Hercules, Calif. |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Kristine Anigwe, CAL (Jr., F); Kennedy Burke, UCLA (Jr., G); Maite Cazorla, ORE (Jr., G); Mikayla Cowling, CAL (Sr., G/F); Kaylee Johnson, STAN (Sr., F); Kennedy Leonard, COLO (Jr., G); Katie McWilliams, OSU (Jr., G); Emily Potter, UTAH (Sr., F); Robbi Ryan, ASU (So., G); Marta Sniezek, STAN (Jr., G).
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
| Name | School | Pos. | Hometown |
| Michaela Onyenwere | UCLA | F | Aurora, Colo. |
| Satou Sabally | Oregon | F | Berlin, Germany |
| Kianna Smith | California | G | Moreno Valley, Calif. |
| Sam Thomas | Arizona | F | Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Kiana Williams | Stanford | G | San Antonio, Texas |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Kierra Collier, WASH (Fr., G); Taya Corosdale, OSU (Fr., F); Aleah Goodman, OSU (Fr., G); Annika Jank, COLO (Fr., F); Tori Williams, UTAH (Fr., G).