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2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament

March 1-5 | Las Vegas, NV
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2022-23 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Awards announced

Mar 1, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO - In a vote of 28 media members who cover the league, Utah's Alissa Pili was chosen as both the Pac-12 Player and Most Improved Player of the Year; Stanford's Cameron Brink was voted the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year; Oregon State's Raegan Beers was selected both the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year; and Utah's Lynne Roberts was picked as Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

Started in 2010, the Pac-12 media awards are in addition to the Conference awards, which are voted on by the league's coaches and announced on Tuesday. Those awards also featured Pili as the Pac-12 Player of the Year, Brink as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Beers as the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year and Roberts as the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

PLAYER & MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Alissa Pili, Jr., F, Utah (Anchorage, Alaska)

The first Pac-12 Player of the Year from Utah, Pili leads the league in both scoring (20.6) and field goal percentage (.599) and is one of two players in the country averaging those numbers this season (Mackenzie Holmes - Indiana). Also second in the Conference in 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 45.8 percent from behind the arc (27-of-59), Pili is tracking to become just the second NCAA women's basketball player since 1999-2000 to average 20.0 points, hit 60.0 percent from the floor and make at least 20 3-pointers in a single season (Napheesa Collier - UConn; 2016-17). She has scored in double figures in all but one game this season, including 16 20-point efforts. In 19 games last season, Pili averaged 7.8 points on 33.1 percent shooting.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cameron Brink, Jr., F, Stanford (Beaverton, Ore.)

The nation's second-leading shot blocker, Brink has swatted 109 shots, an average of 3.52 per game. Her block total is good for seventh in league history and the most for any player outside the state of Oregon. Ahead of her on the single-season list are Oregon State’s Ruth Hamblin (3x) and Patricia Bright, and Oregon’s Stefanie Kasperski (2x). Brink's 288 career blocks are fourth in the Pac-12 record book. Third on the list is USC’s Lisa Leslie who had 321 rejections from 1991-94. Also averaging 14.5 points and 9.4 rebounds, Brink is one of two players in the country averaging more than 14 points, nine rebounds and three blocks this season (Taiyanna Jackson - Kansas), something that has not been done in the Pac-12 in records dating back to 1999-2000.

FRESHMAN & SIXTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Raegan Beers, Fr., F, Oregon State (Littleton, Colo.)

Sixth in the league in rebounding (8.7) and second in field goal percentage (.578), Beers has come off the bench in all but four games in her debut season to collect both Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year accolades. She has 14 double-doubles in her first 29 career games and is second among the country’s freshmen in that category (Gracie Merkle, Bellarmine - 18). Her double-double total is tied for the second most among Pac-12 freshmen since 1999-2000 (21 - Shawntinice Polk, ARIZ - 2002-03; 14 - Kristine Anigwe, CAL - 2015-16). Beers won a program record four Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards this season.

COACH OF THE YEAR
Lynne Roberts, Utah

Roberts was chosen as Pac-12 Coach of the Year after leading the Utes to a share of the Conference's regular-season title and the first Pac-12 championship in program history. Just 5-16 in 2020-21, she has engineered a stunning turnaround that included a 21-12 record last year and the Utes' first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011. Receiving votes in the preseason AP poll, Utah entered the rankings on Nov. 14, steadily rose all year and are currently a program-best No. 3. The Utes are fourth nationally in scoring (84.4), fourth in field goal percentage (48.9), sixth in assists (18.9) and are one of two schools to score 100+ against major conference opponents three times this season (Iowa). Utah, 25-3 overall, has 25 wins in its first 28 games for just the fourth time in program history (2007-08; 2000-01; 1976-77) and Roberts is one of 15 candidates on the late-season watch list for Naismith Coach of the Year.


ALL-PAC-12

NAME SCHOOL POS. YR. HOMETOWN
Cameron Brink Stanford F Jr. Beaverton, Ore.
Jayda Curry California G So. Corona, Calif.
Haley Jones Stanford G Sr. Santa Cruz, Calif.
Gianna Kneepkens Utah G So. Duluth, Minn.
Charlisse Leger-Walker Washington State G Jr. Waikato, New Zealand
Rayah Marshall USC G/F So. Los Angeles, Calif.
Quay Miller Colorado C Sr. Renton, Wash.
Charisma Osborne UCLA G Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif.
Shaina Pellington Arizona G 5th Pickering, Ontario
Alissa Pili Utah F Jr. Anchorage, Alaska
Cate Reese Arizona F 5th Cypress, Texas
Endyia Rogers Oregon G Sr. Dallas, Texas
Jaylyn Sherrod Colorado G Sr. Birmingham, Ala.
Kadi Sissoko USC F Gr. Paris, France
Tyi Skinner Arizona State G Jr. Washington, D.C.

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

NAME SCHOOL POS. YR. HOMETOWN
Cameron Brink Stanford F Jr. Beaverton, Ore.
Rayah Marshall USC G/F So. Los Angeles, Calif.
Helena Pueyo Arizona G Sr. Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Shaina Pellington Arizona G 5th Pickering, Ontario
Jaylyn Sherrod Colorado G Sr. Birmingham, Ala.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

NAME SCHOOL POS. HOMETOWN
Raegan Beers Oregon State F Littleton, Colo.
Chance Gray Oregon F Cincinnati, Ohio
Londynn Jones UCLA G Riverside, Calif.
Kiki Rice UCLA G Bethesda, Md.
Grace VanSlooten Oregon F Toledo, Ohio