Big Ten Women's Basketball Postseason Awards

[Alum-Ni]

https://bigten.org/wbb/article/bltdb0ab25d1829bd0b/

COACHES

Player of the Year
JuJu Watkins, USC

Defensive Player of the Year
Lauren Betts, UCLA

Co-Freshmen of the Year
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Olivia Olson, Michigan

Sixth Player of the Year
Janiah Barker, UCLA

Coach of the Year
Lindsay Gottlieb, USC

All-Big Ten First Team
JuJu Watkins, USC
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Lucy Olsen, Iowa
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Shayanne Sellers, Maryland
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Serah Williams, Wisconsin
Kendall Bostic, Illinois

All-Big Ten Second Team
Kaylene Smikle, Maryland
Julia Ayrault, Michigan State
Alexis Markowski, Nebraska
Genesis Bryant, Illinois
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Destiny Adams, Rutgers
Syla Swords, Michigan
Grace VanSlooten, Michigan State
Yarden Garzon, Indiana
Elle Ladine, Washington

All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
Jordan Hobbs, Michigan
Theryn Hallock, Michigan State
Amaya Battle, Minnesota
Grace Grocholski, Minnesota
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Deja Kelly, Oregon
Londynn Jones, UCLA
Rayah Marshall, USC
Kennedy Smith, USC
Sayvia Sellers, Washington
Dalayah Daniels, Washington

All-Big Ten Defensive Team
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Taylor Thierry, Ohio State
JuJu Watkins, USC
Rayah Marshall, USC
Serah Williams, Wisconsin

All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Syla Swords, Michigan
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Kennedy Smith, USC

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MEDIA

Player of the Year
JuJu Watkins, USC

Defensive Player of the Year
Lauren Betts, UCLA

Freshman of the Year
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State

Sixth Player of the Year
Janiah Barker, UCLA

Coach of the Year
Lindsay Gottlieb, USC

All-Big Ten First Team
JuJu Watkins, USC
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Kiki Iriafen, USC
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Lucy Olsen, Iowa
Shayanne Sellers, Maryland
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Serah Williams, Wisconsin
Kendall Bostic, Illinois
Alexis Markowski, Nebraska

All-Big Ten Second Team
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Elle Ladine, Washington
Syla Swords, Michigan
Julia Ayrault, Michigan State
Destiny Adams, Rutgers
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Genesis Bryant, Illinois
Grace VanSlooten, Michigan State
Yarden Garzon, Indiana
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa

All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
Adalia McKenzie, Illinois
Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana
Sydney Parrish, Indiana
Sydney Affolter, Iowa
Bri McDaniel, Maryland
Mila Holloway, Michigan
Jordan Hobbs, Michigan
Theryn Hallock, Michigan State
Amaya Battle, Minnesota
Grace Grocholski, Minnesota
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Taylor Williams, Northwestern
Caroline Lau, Northwestern
Taylor Thierry, Ohio State
Deja Kelly, Oregon
Gracie Merkle, Penn State
Kiyomi McMiller, Rutgers
Gabriela Jaquez, UCLA
Rayah Marshall, USC
Kennedy Smith, USC
Sayvia Sellers, Washington
Dalayah Daniels, Washington

All-Big Ten Defensive Team
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Taylor Thierry, Ohio State
JuJu Watkins, USC
Rayah Marshall, USC
Serah Williams, Wisconsin

All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Syla Swords, Michigan
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Kennedy Smith, USC

 

[nu2u]

Congrats to Lucy - well deserved. I hope Stuelke - and especially Affolter- play with a chip on their respective shoulders in the BTT.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

I'm surprised that Smikle is not even on the honorable mention team from media.

 

[BrotherHawkeye]

It’s hard to even be honorable mention when there are 400 teams in the conference. 😊

Congrats to Lucy. Great (and much needed) addition to this year’s team.

 

[citizenHawk]

Awesome for Lucy! She took a big personal chance stepping into the Big Ten, played with a new team and found her game. Hope she shows out this week. Would love to see her besting these other players.

And yeah, opportunity for all the Iowa players to show something, so would be great to get to have a little run.

Great freshmen in the conference, and hard to remember Juju is still only a sophomore. Need high level players to compete. It's a little disappointing Iowa's freshmen weren't in this high tier of players, but hopefully Iowa can land someone on that list next season (and the season after. I imagine the positive spin here is the implied opportunity available for the 2025 & 2026 recruits to come to Iowa and be the stars.

 

[QChawks]

Syd got hosed, should have been all defensive team

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

Syd got hosed, should have been all defensive team

What about Feuerbach?

 

[MVPFAN]

What about Feuerbach?

No kidding, not having Feuerback is nuts.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

I'm surprised that Smikle is not even on the honorable mention team from media.

@Alum-Ni I checked the post from BigTen.org, and saw that Kaylene Smikle is actually on the first team from Media. There are 11 players on that team due to a tie.

 

[kceasthawk]

Congrats to Lucy - well deserved. I hope Stuelke - and especially Affolter- play with a chip on their respective shoulders in the BTT.

Sure, but "a chip" is something usually reserved for someone who is slighted. Do you really think Hannah deserved to be ranked higher given the entirety of the season. I do not. Now I do like the media's list better with Hannah on the 2nd team, and Syd HM. She REALLY came on late in the season. Consider we added 2 top 5 teams to the league this season and those teams are going to eat on these lists. Lucy making the first team is even impressive given the additions of USC and UCLA....

 

[kceasthawk]

It’s hard to even be honorable mention when there are 400 teams in the conference. 😊

Congrats to Lucy. Great (and much needed) addition to this year’s team.

Well not quite, but adding two top 5 teams certainly changed the dynamics of getting on those lists....

 

[AMAYS]

Sure, but "a chip" is something usually reserved for someone who is slighted. Do you really think Hannah deserved to be ranked higher given the entirety of the season. I do not. Now I do like the media's list better with Hannah on the 2nd team . . .

Hannah barely made 2nd team by the media. There were 11 first team players by the media due to ties. In at least some past years, they then adjusted the 2nd team to 9 players, but this year they still put 10 on the second team. Hannah was the last player to make the 2nd team, finishing 21st in the voting for the 2 teams.

 

[kceasthawk]

Hannah barely made 2nd team by the media. There were 11 first team players by the media due to ties. In at least some past years, they then adjusted the 2nd team to 9 players, but this year they still put 10 on the second team. Hannah was the last player to make the 2nd team, finishing 21st in the voting for the 2 teams.

AND? Are you actually saying that Hannah played like one of the top 20 players in the conference over the entire season? Remembering the addition of the left coast teams, two of them being ranked in the top 4 the entire year. I'll just respectfully disagree that she was slighted....

 

[AMAYS]

AND? Are you actually saying that Hannah played like one of the top 20 players in the conference over the entire season? Remembering the addition of the left coast teams, two of them being ranked in the top 4 the entire year. I'll just respectfully disagree that she was slighted....

I agree with you. Was just clarifying that she only made the bottom of the media’s 2nd team due to ties. I’m fine with her being HM by the coaches.