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2022–23 Pac–12 women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Pac-12 Network
Regular season
Pac-12 tournament
ChampionsWashington State
  Runners-upUCLA
Tournament MVPCharlisse Leger-Walker
Pac-12 women's basketball seasons
2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Utah 15 3   .833 27 5   .844
No. 5 Stanford 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
No. 21 Colorado 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
No. 14 UCLA 11 7   .611 27 10   .730
No. 25 Arizona 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
USC 11 7   .611 21 10   .677
No. 23 Washington State 9 9   .500 23 11   .676
Oregon 7 11   .389 20 15   .571
Washington 7 11   .389 19 15   .559
California 4 14   .222 13 17   .433
Oregon State 4 14   .222 13 18   .419
Arizona State 1 17   .056 8 20   .286
2023 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of November 10, 2024
Rankings from AP poll


The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season will begin with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which will start in November 2022. Conference play will begin in December 2022. This will be the eleventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 37th since the conference first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1986–87 school year.

The Pac-12 tournament will take place in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[1] Signees
Arizona No. 6 4
Arizona State No. 73 1
California No. 38 1
Colorado No. 58 4
Oregon No. 4 4
Oregon State No. 5 2
Stanford No. 2 3
UCLA No. 3 4
USC No. 26 1
Utah No. 56 3
Washington No. 15 3
Washington State No. 81 1

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[2] Naismith[3] Lieberman[4] Drysdale[5] Miller[6] McClain[7] Leslie[8] Wade [9]
Francesca Belibi Green tickY
Lauren Betts Green tickY
Cameron Brink Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Gina Conti Green tickY
Jayda Curry Green tickY
Emma Grothaus Green tickY
Haley Jones Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Gianna Kneepkens Green tickY Green tickY
Jade Loville Green tickY Green tickY
Esmery Martinez Green tickY
Bella Murekatete Green tickY
Charisma Osborne Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Te-Hina Paopao Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Alissa Pili Green tickY
Sedona Prince Green tickY
Cate Reese Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Charlisse Leger-Walker Green tickY Green tickY
Quay Walker Green tickY

Preseason polls

AP
Ranking Team
2 Stanford
19 Arizona
20 Oregon
USA Today Coaches
Ranking Team
2 Stanford
19 Arizona
20 Oregon

Pac-12 Media days

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 25, 2022 (Pac-12 Network).[10]

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches)
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Stanford 121 11
2. Oregon 101 --
3 Arizona 100 --
4. UCLA 91 --
5. Utah 84 1
6. Oregon State 62 --
7. Washington State 61 --
8. Colorado 56 --
9. USC 50 --
10. Washington 28 --
11. California 21 --
12. Arizona State 18 --
Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Media)
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Stanford 336 28
2. Arizona 291 --
3 Oregon 275 --
4. UCLA 237 --
5. Utah 226 --
6. Oregon State 181 --
7. Washington State 170 --
8. Colorado 145 --
9. USC 105 --
10. Washington 78 --
11. California 71 --
12. Arizona State 69 --

Source:[11]

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Talia von Oelhoffen Oregon State Jr. F 5'11 Pasco, WA (Chiawana HS)
Cameron Brink Stanford Jr. F 6'4 Beaverton, OR (Mountainside HS)
Haley Jones Stanford Sr. G 6'1 Santa Cruz, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS)
Te-Hina Paopao Oregon Jr. G 5'9 Oceanside, CA (La Jolla Country Day School)
Jaylyn Sherrod Colorado Sr. G 5'7 Birmingham, AL (Ramsay HS)
Sedona Prince Oregon R-Sr. F/C 6'7 Liberty Hill, TX (Texas/Liberty Hill HS)
Endyia Rogers Oregon Sr. G 5'7 Dallas, TX (USC/Bishop Lynch HS)
Charisma Osborne UCLA Sr. G 5'9 Moreno Valley, CA (Windward School)
Jade Loville Arizona GS. F/G 5'11 Scottsdale, AZ (Arizona State/Skyline HS)
Shaina Pellington Arizona GS. F 5'7 Pickering, Ontario, CAN (Oklahoma/Dunbarton HS)
Cate Reese Arizona GS. F 6'2 Cypress, TX (Cypress Woods HS)
Charlisse Leger-Walker Washington State Jr. G 5'10 Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School)
Jenna Johnson Utah So. F 6'2 Medina, MN (Wayzata HS)
Gianna Kneepkens Utah So. F 6'4 Duluth, MN (Marshall School)
Jayda Curry California So. G 5'6 Corona, CA (Centennial HS)
Honorable Mention
Treasure Hunt (ASU); Evelien Lutje Schipholt (CAL); Rayah Marshall (USC); Leilani McIntosh (CAL); Kennady McQueen (UTAH); Quay Miller (COLO); Bella Murekatete (WSU); Kiki Rice (UCLA); Jaddan Simmons (ASU); Haley Van Dyke (WASH); Kindyll Wetta (COLO).

Sedona Prince suffered a season ending elbow injury on October 28th and chose to exhaust her remaining NCAA eligibility and pursue a professional basketball career.[12]

Source:[13]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade
Cameron Brink Green tickY
Haley Jones Green tickY
Charisma Osborne Green tickY

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Liberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie Wade

Regular season

The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona USD Thanksgiving Classic 1st
Arizona State Goombay Spalsh 2nd
California LMU Thanksgiving Tournament 1st
Colorado Preseason WNIT 3rd
Oregon Phil Knight Invitational 3rd
Oregon State Phil Knight Legacy 4th
Stanford Rainbow Wahine Showdown 1st
UCLA Battle 4 Atlantis 1st
USC None None
Utah BahMar Hoops Pink Flamingo 1st
Washington Las Vegas Tournament 2nd
Washington State Northshore Showcase 1st

Records against other conferences

2022–23 records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov 12 California No. 9 Notre Dame Enterprise CenterSt. Louis, MO Notre Dame 90–89 0–1
Nov 16 No. 16 Oklahoma No. 25 Utah Jon M. Huntsman CenterSalt Lake City, UT Utah 124–78 1–1
Nov 20 No. 1 South Carolina No. 2 Stanford Maples PavilionStanford, CA South Carolina 76–71 1–2
Nov 24 No. 8 North Carolina No. 18 Oregon † Chiles CenterPortland, OR Phil Knight Invitational North Carolina 85–79 1–3
Nov 25 No. 4 Iowa Oregon State † Chiles Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Legacy Iowa 73–59 1–4
Nov 25 Colorado No. 23 Tennessee Thompson-Boling ArenaKnoxville, TN Tennessee 69–51 1–5
Nov 26 No. 7 Notre Dame Arizona State Gateway Christian Academy ● Bimini, Bahamas Goombay Splash Notre Dame 85–65 1–6
Nov 29 No. 15 UCLA No. 1 South Carolina Colonial Life ArenaColumbia, SC South Carolina 73–64 1–6
Dec 4 No. 23 Gonzaga No. 2 Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA Stanford 84–63 2–6
Dec 18 No. 11 LSU Oregon State † South Maui Community Park Gymnasium ● Kihei, HI Maui Jim Maui Classic LSU 87–55 2–7
Dec 18 No. 20 Arizona No. 18 Baylor American Airlines CenterDallas, TX Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Arizona 75–54 3–7
Dec 20 No. 17 Arkansas No. 16 Oregon Pechanga ArenaSan Diego, CA NCAAW San Diego Invitational Oregon 85–78 4–7
Dec 20 No. 21 Creighton No. 2 Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA Stanford 72–59 5–7
Dec 21 No. 16 Ohio State No. 16 Oregon Pechanga Arena ● San Diego, CA NCAAW San Diego Invitational Ohio State 84–67 5–8

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

On September 20, 2021, the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022–23 season. The Legacy Series will incorporate an array of educational opportunities for competing teams and student-athletes featuring expert speakers and prominent alumni, community engagement, campus traditions, historic site visits, and book/film discussions.[14] The Pac-12 won every game in the series, finishing with a 6−0 record against the SWAC schools.

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov. 11 Grambling State Arizona State Desert Financial ArenaTempe, AZ Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series ASU 62–49 1−0
Nov. 13 Prairie View A&M Washington State Beasley ColiseumPullman, WA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Washington State 89–61 2−0
Nov 14 No. 20 Oregon Southern F.G. Clark Activity CenterBaton Rouge, LA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Oregon 83–46 3−0
Dec. 1 No. 16 Utah Mississippi Valley State Harrison HPER ComplexItta Bena, MS Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Utah 109–42 4−0
Dec. 14 Texas Southern No. 20 Arizona McKale CenterTucson, AZ Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Arizona 89–55 5–0
Dec. 18 Florida A&M California Haas Pavilion ● Berkeley, CA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series California 88–58 6–0

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Arizona Arizona State California Colorado Oregon Oregon State Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington Washington State
vs. Arizona 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
vs. Arizona State 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
vs. California 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Colorado 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Oregon 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Oregon State 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Stanford 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
vs. UCLA 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1
vs. USC 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2
vs. Utah 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Washington 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. Washington State 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Total 11–7 1–17 4–14 13–5 7–11 4–14 15–3 11–7 11–7 15–3 7–1 9–9

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Arizona 2,172 1,871 301
Arizona State 1,759 1,991 -232
California 1,697 2,021 -324
Colorado 2,022 1,702 320
Oregon 2,172 1,857 315
Oregon State 1,966 1,898 68
Stanford 2,382 1,800 582
UCLA 2,104 1,846 258
USC 1,886 1,589 297
Utah 2,363 1,846 517
Washington 1,736 1,680 56
Washington State 1,963 1,793 170

Through February 27, 2023[15]

Rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
Team Poll Pre Wk
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Final
Arizona AP 19 18 15 14 12 20 18 18 15 14 19 19 22 17 18 14 21
C 19 18 14 13 12 17 16 15 13 10 15 14 20 15 18 14 20
Arizona State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
California AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Colorado AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV 24 25 RV 25 21 21 20
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV RV RV 25 21 22 21
Oregon AP 20 21 18 19 17 16 16 17 18 21 23 RV RV NV NV NV NV
C 20 19 18 19 17 15 15 16 17 18 21 23 RV RV RV RV RV
Oregon State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV RV RV NV RV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Stanford AP 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 6 3 3 6
C 2 (1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 5 3 3 5
UCLA AP RV RV 20 15 13 10 11 10 12 8 9 9 14 18 16 17 19
C RV RV 21 17 15 14 14 13 15 14 13 13 16 17 16 16 16
USC AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV
C NV NV NV NV NV RV RV RV NV NV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Utah AP RV 25 17 16 15 13 12 11 8 10 8 9 7 7 4 8 3
C RV 24 19 16 14 13 12 11 8 8 9 9 7 7 5 7 4
Washington AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Washington State AP NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Record at school Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Arizona Adia Barnes Washington (assistant) 7th 110–74
(.598)
49–56
(.467)
0 2 1 0
Arizona State Natasha Adair Delaware 1st 0–0
(–)
0–0
(–)
0 0 0 0
California Charmin Smith New York Liberty (assistant) 4th 24–47
(.338)
6–37
(.140)
0 0 0 0
Colorado JR Payne Santa Clara 7th 92–83
(.526)
38–66
(.365)
0 1 0 0
Oregon Kelly Graves Gonzaga 9th 191–73
(.723)
93–49
(.655)
3 5 1 0
Oregon State Scott Rueck George Fox 13th 256–126
(.665)
127–79
(.617)
3 7 1 0
Stanford Tara VanDerveer Ohio State 37th 1,005–208
(.829)
548–91 (.858) 25 33 13 3
UCLA Cori Close Florida State (AHC) 12th 231–122
(.673)
123–71
(.634)
0 6 0 0
USC Lindsay Gottlieb Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) 2nd 12–16
(.429)
5–12
(.294)
0 8 0 0
Utah Lynne Roberts Pacific 8th 112–99
(.531)
48–76
(.387)
0 1 0 0
Washington Tina Langley Rice 2nd 7–16
(.304)
2–12
(.143)
0 0 0 0
Washington State Kamie Ethridge Northern Colorado 5th 51–64
(.443)
28–44
(.389)
0 2 0 0

Notes:

  • Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Post season

Pac-12 tournament

The conference tournament will be played in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams will have a bye on the first day. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

First round
Wednesday, March 1
P12N
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2
P12N
Semifinals
Friday, March 3
P12N
Championship Game
Sunday, March 5
ESPN2
            
4 #21 Arizona 59
5 #19 UCLA 73
5 #19 UCLA 81*
12 Arizona State 70
5 #19 UCLA 69
1 #6 Stanford 65
1 #6 Stanford 76
9 Oregon 65
8 Washington 50
9 Oregon 52
5 #19 UCLA 61
7 Washington State 65
2 #3 Utah 58
7 Washington State 66
7 Washington State 61
10 California 49
7 Washington State 61
3 #20 Colorado 49
3 #20 Colorado 62
11 Oregon State 54
6 USC 48
11 Oregon State 56

Note: * denotes overtime

Pac-12 All-Tournament team

  • MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
  • Bella Murekatete, Washington State
  • Cameron Brink, Stanford
  • Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA
  • Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA
  • Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA

Hall of Honor

The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:[16]

  • Susie Parra (Arizona Softball)
  • Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field)
  • Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director)
  • Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator)
  • Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball)
  • Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf)
  • Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball)
  • Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball)
  • Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis)
  • Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball)
  • Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball)
  • Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)

NCAA tournament

Teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
No. 1 Seattle Regional 4 Stanford No. 16 Sacred Heart 92−49 No. 8 Ole Miss 49−53 - - - -
No. 2 Greenville Regional 2 Utah No. 15 Gardner–Webb 103−77 No. 10 Princeton 63−56 No. 3 LSU 63−66 - - -
No. 4 Greenville Regional 1 UCLA No. 13 Sacramento State 67–45 No. 5 Oklahoma 82–73 No. 1 South Carolina 43–59
No. 5 Greenville Regional 2 Washington State No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast 63–74 - - - - -
No. 6 Seattle Regional 4 Colorado No. 11 Middle Tennessee 82−60 No. 3 Duke 61−53OT No. 2 Iowa 77−87 - - -
No. 7 Greensville Regional 1 Arizona No. 10 West Virginia 75–62 No. 2 Maryland 64–77 - - - -
No. 8 Seattle Regional 3 USC No. 9 South Dakota State 57−62OT - - - - -
Bids 7 W-L (%): 5–2 (.714) 3–2 (.600) 0–3 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 8–7 (.533)

Women's National Invitation Tournament

Members from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Seed Bracket School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Oregon North Dakota State 96–57 Rice 78–53 San Diego 81–61 Washington 59–63 - -
Washington San Francisco 61−46 New Mexico 67−56 Kansas State 55–48 Oregon 63–59 Kansas
Bid W-L (%): 2–0 (1.000) 2–0 (1.000) 2–0 (1.000) 1–1 (.500) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 7–1 (.875)
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.[17]

Week Player of the Week School Freshman of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 14 Charlisse Leger-Walker Washington State Grace VanSlooten Oregon [18]
Nov. 21 Charisma Osborne UCLA Raegan Beers Oregon State [19]
Nov. 28 Alissa Pili Utah Kailyn Gilbert Arizona [20]
Dec. 5 Charisma Osborne (2) UCLA Kiki Rice UCLA [21]
Dec. 12 Endyia Rogers Oregon Christeen Iwuala UCLA [22]
Dec. 19 Cameron Brink Stanford Grace VanSlooten (2) Oregon [23]
Dec. 26 Grace VanSlooten Oregon Grace VanSlooten (3) Oregon [24]
Jan. 2 Rayah Marshall USC Raegan Beers (2) Oregon State [25]
Jan. 9 Cameron Brink (2) Stanford Raegan Beers (3) Oregon State [26]
Jan. 16 Destiny Littleton USC Chance Gray Oregon [27]
Jan. 23 Haley Jones Stanford Timea Gardiner Oregon State [28]
Jan. 30 Cameron Brink (3) Stanford Grace VanSlooten (4) Oregon [29]
Feb. 6 Alissa Pili (2) Utah Elle Ladine Washington [30]
Feb. 13 Jaylyn Sherrod Colorado Lauren Betts Stanford [31]
Feb. 20 Shaina Pellington Arizona Londynn Jones UCLA [32]
Feb. 27 Te-Hina Paopao Oregon Raegan Beers (4) Oregon State [33]

Totals per School

School Total
Oregon 8
UCLA 6
Oregon State 5
Stanford 5
Arizona 2
USC 2
Colorado 1
Utah 1
Washington 1
Washington State 1
Arizona State 0
California 0

All-Americans

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

District VIII

All-District Team

District IX

Player of the Year

All-District Team

Conference awards

The Pac-12 presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.

Individual awards

Sources:[34]

Coaches

2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Alissa Pili Jr., Utah
Coach of the Year Lynne Roberts, Utah
Defensive Player of the Year Cameron Brink Jr., Stanford
Freshman of the Year Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Hannah Jump Sr., Stanford
Most Improved Player of the Year Shaina Pellington, G-Sr., Arizona & Aaronette Vonleh, So., Colorado
Sixth Player of the Year Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State

Media Sources:[35]

2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Alissa Pili Jr., Utah
Coach of the Year Lynne Roberts, Utah
Defensive Player of the Year Cameron Brink Jr., Stanford
Freshman of the Year Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State
Most Improved Player of the Year Alissa Pili Jr., Utah
Sixth Player of the Year Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State

All-Pac-12

First Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown (Last School)
Raegan Beers Oregon State F Fr. Littleton, Colo. (Valor Christian)
Cameron Brink†† Stanford F Jr. Beaverton, Ore. (Mountainside HS)
Haley Jones††† Stanford G Sr. Santa Cruz, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty)
Hannah Jump Stanford G Sr. San Jose, Calif. (Pinewood HS)
Gianna Kneepkens†† Utah G So. Duluth, Minn. (Duluth Marshall HS)
Charlisse Leger-Walker††† Washington State G Jr. Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School Cambridge)
Destiny Littleton USC G Gr. San Diego, Calif. (The Bishop's School)
Rayah Marshall USC G/F So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Lynwood HS)
Quay Miller Colorado C Sr. Renton, Wash. (Kentridge HS)
Charisma Osborne††† UCLA G Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. (Windward School)
Shaina Pellington Arizona G 5th Pickering, Ontario (Dunbarton)
Alissa Pili††‡ Utah F Jr. Anchorage, Alaska (USC)
Cate Reese†††† Arizona F 5th Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods HS)
Endyia Rogers††† Oregon G Sr. Dallas, Texas (Bishop Lynch HS)
Jaylyn Sherrod Colorado G Sr. Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay HS)
Kadi Sissoko USC F Gr. Paris, France (Marcelin Berthelot)
  • ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • †††† four-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
Honorable Mention

Jayda Curry, CAL; Dalayah Daniels; WASH; Frida Formann, COLO; Jenna Johnson, UTAH; Esmery Martinez, ARIZ; Leilani McIntosh, CAL; Kennady McQueen, UTAH; Bella Murekatete, WSU; Te-Hina Paopao, ORE; Lauren Schwartz, WASH; Tyi Skinner, ASU; Haley Van Dyke, WASH; Grace VanSlooten, ORE; Aaronette Vonleh, COLO; Talia von Oelhoffen, OSU

All-Freshman Team

Name School Pos. Hometown
Raegan Beers Oregon State F Littleton, Colo.
Chance Gray Oregon G Cincinnati, Ohio
Londynn Jones UCLA G Riverside, Calif.
Kiki Rice UCLA G Bethesda, Md.
Grace VanSlooten Oregon F Toledo, Ohio

† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

Lauren Betts, STAN; Timea Gardiner, OSU; Elle Ladine, WASH; Talana Lepolo, STAN; Astera Tuhina, WSU

All-Defensive Team

Name School Pos. Yr.
Cameron Brink†† Stanford F Jr.
Rayah Marshall USC G/F So.
Shaina Pellington Arizona G 5th
Helena Pueyo Arizona G Sr.
Jaylyn Sherrod†† Colorado G Sr.
  • † Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
Honorable Mention

Okako Adika, USC; Chance Gray, ORE; Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU; Jelena Mitrovic, OSU; Jayda Noble, WASH; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Jaddan Simmons, ASU; Kayla Williams, USC

Scholar Athlete of the year

The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019–20

Name School Pos. Ht. GPA Major
Hannah Jump Stanford G 6−0 3.75 Psychology

National awards

2022–23 Season statistic leaders

Team statistic rankings

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,644 6,809 6,653 7,206 6,898 7,381 6,577 9,495 7,182 7,963 7,884 7,494 9,868† 7,268 8,238 8,267 115,183 7,199 50.62%
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,100 6,304† 2,565 1,762 3,221 1,577 1,876 1,486 3,508 2,349 1,851 2,185 1,759 2,793 2,393 35,629 2,545 18.04%
California Haas Pavilion 11,858 724 1,023 894 894 678 655 671 605 842 3,442† 2,394 1,332 1,005 1,017 1,606 1,932 19,714 1,232 10.39%
Colorado Coors Events Center 11,064 479 1,115 1,248 511 573 546 1,575 1,974 2,227 2,377 2,055 2,148 2,963 3,452† 23,243 1,660 15.00%
Oregon Matthew Knight Arena 12,364 5,661 6,175 6,128 5,892 6,990† 5,584 5,827 6,726 6,031 6,497 6,900 5,919 6,289 6,173 6,757 93,549 6,237 50.44%
Oregon State Gill Coliseum 9,604 3,663 3,512 3,310 3,339 9,604 3,429 3,477 3,769 3,546 4,039 4,122 5,975 4,557 4,338 3,711 4,357 68,748 4,297 44.73%
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233 3,012 2,421 2,469 7,287 2,603 3,731 4,480 2,988 3,970 2,810 3,824 3,442 3,730 4,122 3,890 5,133 6,343 5,813 72,068 4,004 55.35%
UCLA Pauley Pavilion 13,800 0 3,918 2,248 2,455 2,480 2,473 2,163 0 6,855† 4,317 3,482 3,462 2,935 3,629 2,825 4,375 47,617 2,976 21.56%
USC Galen Center 10,258 818 561 689 316 228 258 259 3,109† 304 1,031 2,418 801 1,356 1,126 674 842 2,832 17,622 1,037 10.10%
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000 1,058 1,483 1,386 2,521 1,894 2,162 2,109 2,915 3,251 3,211 3,725 3,268 3,755 9,611† 42,349 3,025 20.16%
Washington Alaska Airlines Arena 10,000 1,513 1,943 1,362 3,859 1,686 1,660 2,753 1,493 1,291 2,318 2,286 2,265 2,543 3,496 4,317† 2,192 3,475 40,452 2,380 23.80%
Washington State Beasley Coliseum 11,671 321 730 630 792 553 887 680 1,057 956 986 1,128 1,345 1,061 1,500 12,626 902 7.72%
Total 11,835 555,159 3,017 25.49%

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†Season high


See also

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