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

Pac-12 Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in the Pac-12 Conference
Country United States
First awarded 1987
Currently held by Jillian Alleyne, Oregon &
Jamie Weisner, Oregon State

The Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is 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.

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

Eight players have won the award more than once, but only one, Candice Wiggins of Stanford, has won three times. Four players, all from Stanford, have won a major end-of-season national award in the year that they won the conference award. Jennifer Azzi claimed the Naismith Award and Wade Trophy in 1990; Kate Starbird won the Naismith Award in 1997; Wiggins earned the Wade Trophy in 2008; and Chiney Ogwumike won the Wooden Award in 2014.[3]

There have been three 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.

The list of honorees has been dominated by Stanford, which has had 10 players earn a total of 18 awards. The rest of the conference has had 14 players earn a total of 15 awards. Four current Pac-12 members have yet to have a winner: established members Arizona State and Washington State, plus 2011 arrivals Colorado and Utah.

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)
C Pac-12 coaches selection (2010–present)
M Media 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

Season Player School Position Class Reference
1986–87 Landerholm, LauriLauri Landerholm Oregon Guard[4] Senior[5]
1987–88 Nelson, CheriCheri Nelson USC
1988–89 Azzi, JenniferJennifer Azzi Stanford Guard[6] Junior
1989–90 Azzi, JenniferJennifer Azzi* (2) Stanford Guard[6] Senior
1990–91 Henning, SonjaSonja Henning Stanford Guard[6] Senior
1991–92 Whiting, ValVal Whiting Stanford Junior
1992–93 Whiting, ValVal Whiting Stanford Senior
1993–94 Williams, NatalieNatalie Williams UCLA Senior
1994–95 Kostić, TanjaTanja Kostić Oregon State Forward[7] Junior
1995–96† Kostić, TanjaTanja Kostić Oregon State Forward[7] Senior
1995–96† Starbird, KateKate Starbird Stanford Guard[6] Junior
1996–97 Starbird, KateKate Starbird* (2) Stanford Guard[6] Senior
1997–98 Barnes, AdiaAdia Barnes Arizona Senior
1998–99 Martin, MaylanaMaylana Martin UCLA Junior
1999–2000 Williams, ShaqualaShaquala Williams Oregon Guard[4] Sophomore
2000–01 Ragland, FeliciaFelicia Ragland Oregon State Guard[8] Junior[8]
2001–02 Powell, NicoleNicole Powell Stanford Forward[6] Sophomore
2002–03 Mendiola, GiulianaGiuliana Mendiola Washington Guard[9] Junior
2003–04 Powell, NicoleNicole Powell (2) Stanford Forward[6] Senior
2004–05 Wiggins, CandiceCandice Wiggins Stanford Guard[6] Freshman
2005–06 Wiggins, CandiceCandice Wiggins (2) Stanford Guard[6] Sophomore
2006–07 Hampton, DevaneiDevanei Hampton California Sophomore
2007–08 Wiggins, CandiceCandice Wiggins* (3) Stanford Guard[6] Senior
2008–09 Appel, JayneJayne Appel Stanford Junior
2009–10 Ogwumike, NnekaNneka Ogwumike Stanford Forward[6] Sophomore
2010–11 Pohlen, JeanetteJeanette Pohlen Stanford Guard[10] Senior[10]
2011–12 Ogwumike, NnekaNneka Ogwumike (2) Stanford Forward[6] Senior
2012–13 Ogwumike, ChineyChiney Ogwumike Stanford Forward[6] Junior
2013–14 Ogwumike, ChineyChiney Ogwumike* (2) Stanford Forward[6] Senior
2014–15 † Gray, ReshandaReshanda GrayC California Forward Senior [11]
2014–15 † Hamblin, RuthRuth HamblinM Oregon State Center Junior [12]
2015–16 † Alleyne, JillianJillian AlleyneM Oregon Forward Senior [1]
2015–16 † Weisner, JamieJamie WeisnerC, M Oregon State Guard Senior [2][1]

Winners by school

School (year joined)[a 1] Winners Years
Stanford (1959) 18 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996†, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Oregon State (1964) 5 1995, 1996†, 2001, 2015†, 2016†
Oregon (1964) 3 1987, 2000, 2016†
California (1959) 2 2007, 2015†
UCLA (1959) 2 1994, 1999
Arizona (1978) 1 1998
USC (1959) 1 1988
Washington (1959) 1 2003
Arizona State (1978) 0 —
Colorado (2011) 0 —
Utah (2011) 0 —
Washington State (1962) 0 —

Footnotes

  1. ↑ For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as currently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The Player of the Year Award was not established until 1987, by which time the conference membership included all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho, plus 1978 arrivals Arizona and Arizona State.

References

General

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 "Media votes Alleyne, Weisner Players of the Year" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Pac-12 announces women's basketball honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ "National Honors". 2015–16 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Pac-12 Conference. p. 63. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Awards and Honors" (PDF). Oregon Women's Basketball 2015–16 Media Guide. Oregon Ducks. p. 44. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Oregon's 1,000-Point Scorers" (PDF). Oregon Women's Basketball 2015–16 Media Guide. Oregon Ducks. p. 58. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Nine Pac-12 All-Century" (Press release). Stanford Cardinal. February 29, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). 2015–16 Oregon State Women's Basketball Media Guide. Oregon State Beavers. p. 95–96. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "All-Time Greats: Felicia Ragland" (PDF). 2015–16 Oregon State Women's Basketball Media Guide. Oregon State Beavers. p. 123. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Huskies" (PDF). 2003–04 Washington Women's Basketball Media Guide. Washington Huskies. p. 26. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Women's Basketball: 2010–11 Roster". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  11. ↑ "2014-15 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ "2014-15 Women's Basketball Media Honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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