WAC Women's Basketball Postseason Honorees Announced
WAC Women's Basketball Postseason Honorees Announced
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DENVER – The 2019-20 All-WAC teams have been named, following a vote of the WAC's nine head coaches. Kansas City's Ericka Mattingly was named WAC Player of the Year while the Roos head coach Jacie Hoyt was named WAC Coach of the Year. Seattle U's Kamira Sanders earned WAC Defensive Player of the Year and Grand Canyon's Jada Holland picked up a pair of honors as she was named the WAC Newcomer of the Year and WAC Freshman of the Year.
A 5-7 senior guard from Wichita, Kan., Mattingly finished among the top-four in the conference in points, assists and steals on the season. Along with averaging 15.7 points per game, she also averaged 4.2 assists per game and 2.4 steals per game. The senior was fifth in the WAC in assist to turnover ratio (1.6), seventh in three-pointers made per game (1.6) and tenth in free throw percentage (.721). This is also the second consecutive year that Mattingly has been named First Team All-WAC and selected to the WAC All-Defensive Team.
Hoyt garnered WAC Coach of the Year in her third season at the helm for the Roos. She led Kansas City to its first 20- win season since 2011. Under Hoyt, KC went 13-3 in league play and captured a regular-season WAC title and the top seed at the 2020 Hercules Tires WAC Tournament Presented by TicketSmarter. A graduate of Wichita State, she was a team captain and a standout point guard for the Shockers. She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Fort Hays State. Before taking over at Kansas City, she also spent time as an assistant at Nevada and Kansas State.
Sanders, a 5-7 senior guard from Redding, Calif., earned WAC Defensive Player of the Year honors after posting a conference-best 2.6 steals per game on the season. Her efforts also helped the Redhawks finish second in the conference in field goal percentage defense (.379), three-point percentage defense (.292) and turnover margin (+2.3).
Holland, a 5-6 freshman guard from Pleasanton, Calif, burst on to conference scene as she was named the WAC Freshman of the Year and WAC Newcomer of the year. She finished the season with the league's best assist to turnover ratio at +1.9 and dished out the second-most assists per game at 4.9. She also averaged 11.7 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game and 1.5 steals per game. In addition, she was the only non-senior named First Team All-WAC.
For only the sixth time since 2000, five different schools are represented on the All-WAC first team. Joining KC's Ericka Mattingly and GCU's Jada Holland is Utah Valley's Jordan Holland, NM State's Gia Pack and Seattle U's Kamira Sanders.
The All-WAC second team includes Utah Valley's Maria Carvalho, Grand Canyon's Da'jah Daniel, UT Rio Grande Valley's Amara Graham and California Baptist teammates Ane Olaeta and Lexy Ram.
The All-Defensive team had representatives from four different schools as SU's Kamira Sanders and KC's Mattingly were joined by Carvalho of Utah Valley, Daniel of GCU and Kansas City's Cristina Soriano.
The All-Newcomer Team is made up of Grand Canyon's Holland and teammate Mae Bryant, CSU Bakersfield's Jayden Eggleston, NM State's Soufia Inoussa, and UT Rio Grande Valley's Trelynn Tyler.
Below are the complete lists of All-WAC teams and additional honors.
2019-20 All-WAC Teams
First Team All-WAC
| Jada Holland |
Grand Canyon |
G |
5-6 |
Fr. |
Pleasanton, Calif. (Bishop O'Dowd) |
| #Jordan Holland |
Utah Valley |
F |
6-0 |
Sr. |
Los Lunas, N.M. (Los Lunas) |
| *Ericka Mattingly |
Kansas City |
G |
5-7 |
Sr. |
Wichita, Kan. (Wichita South) |
| **Gia Pack |
NM State |
G |
5-10 |
Sr. |
Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain) |
| Kamira Sanders |
Seattle U |
G |
5-7 |
Sr. |
Redding, Calif. (Enterprise) |
Second Team All-WAC
| Maria Carvalho |
Utah Valley |
G |
5-8 |
So. |
Lisbon, Portugal (Escola Secundaria de Vagos) |
| #Da'jah Daniel |
Grand Canyon |
F |
6-4 |
Sr. |
Killeen, Texas (Harker Heights/Trinity Valley CC) |
| Amara Graham |
UT Rio Grande Valley |
G |
5-6 |
RJr. |
Chicago, Ill. (Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep) |
| #Ane Olaeta |
California Baptist |
G |
5-4 |
Jr. |
Gernika-Lumo, Spain (Gernika-Lumo) |
| Lexy Ram |
California Baptist |
G/F |
5-10 |
Sr. |
Tucson, Ariz. (Ironwood Ridge) |
All-Defensive Team
| Maria Carvalho |
Utah Valley |
G |
5-8 |
So. |
Lisbon, Portugal (Escola Secundaria de Vagos) |
| Da'jah Daniel |
Grand Canyon |
F |
6-4 |
Sr. |
Killeen, Texas (Harker Heights/Trinity Valley CC) |
| ^Ericka Mattingly |
Kansas City |
G |
5-7 |
Sr. |
Wichita, Kan. (Wichita South) |
| Kamira Sanders |
Seattle U |
G |
5-7 |
Sr. |
Redding, Calif. (Enterprise) |
| Cristina Soriano |
Kansas City |
F |
6-5 |
Sr. |
Valladolid, Spain (IES Galileo) |
All-Newcomer Team
| Mae Bryant |
Grand Canyon |
F |
6-0 |
Fr. |
Sammamish, Wash. (Eastlake) |
| Jayden Eggleston |
CSU Bakersfield |
F |
6-1 |
RSo. |
Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial) |
| Jada Holland |
Grand Canyon |
G |
5-6 |
Fr. |
Pleasanton, Calif. (Bishop O'Dowd) |
| Soufia Inoussa |
NM State |
G |
5-7 |
Fr. |
Stockholm, Sweden (Solna Gymnasium) |
| Trelynn Tyler |
UT Rio Grande Valley |
G |
5-8 |
Jr. |
Omaha, Neb. (Mansfield Timberview) |
Player of the Year: Ericka Mattingly, Sr., G, Kansas City
Defensive Player of the Year: Kamira Sanders, Sr., G, Seattle U
Newcomer of the Year: Jada Holland, Fr., G, Grand Canyon
Freshman of the Year: Jada Holland, Fr., G, Grand Canyon
Coach of the Year: Jacie Hoyt, Kansas City
*Indicates Previous First Team All-WAC Selection
#Indicates Previous Second Team All-WAC Selection
^Indicates Previous All-Defensive Team Selection