ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington standout Starr Jacobs capped her debut regular season in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) by being voted as the top women’s basketball player in the league during the 2022-23 campaign, based on polling of the conference’s head coaches.

Jacobs highlighted five different individual award winners as the WAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year. Other top award winners included Southern Utah’s Tomekia Whitman (Sixth Woman and Newcomer of the Year), Lizzy Williamson (Defensive Player of the Year and head coach Tracy Sanders (Coach of the Year), and Stephen F. Austin’s Jordan Harrison (Freshman of the Year).

WAC regular-season champion Southern Utah and Stephen F. Austin each boasted three total all-conference selections to pace the league.

2022-23 WAC Women’s Basketball Awards (as voted by the conference’s head coaches)

Player of the Year: Starr Jacobs, UT Arlington
Defensive Player of the Year: Lizzy Williamson, Southern Utah
Sixth Woman of the Year: Tomekia Whitman, Southern Utah
Freshman of the Year: Jordan Harrison, Stephen F. Austin
Newcomer of the Year: Tomekia Whitman, Southern Utah
Coach of the Year: Tracy Sanders, Southern Utah

All-WAC First Team
Maleeah Langstaff, Abilene Christian
Trinity San Antonio, California Baptist
Tiarra Brown, Grand Canyon
Cherita Daugherty, Southern Utah
Avery Brittingham, Stephen F. Austin
Aiyana Johnson, Stephen F. Austin
Starr Jacobs, UT Arlington
Breaunna Gillen, Utah Tech

All-WAC Second Team
Grace Schmidt, California Baptist
Madelyn Batista, Sam Houston
Tomekia Whitman, Southern Utah
Lizzy Williamson, Southern Utah
Jordan Harrison, Stephen F. Austin
Teresa Da Silva, Tarleton
Kayla White, UT Arlington
Iyana Dorsey, UTRGV

WAC All-Defensive Team
Tiarra Brown, Grand Canyon
Aaliyah Collins, Grand Canyon
Lizzy Williamson, Southern Utah
Aiyana Johnson, Stephen F. Austin
Starr Jacobs, UT Arlington

WAC All-Newcomer Team
Maleeah Langstaff, Abilene Christian
Aspen Thornton, Abilene Christian
Teresa Da Silva, Tarleton
Tomekia Whitman, Southern Utah
Kayla White, UT Arlington

 

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