Arizona senior guard Shaina Pellington is among four Wildcats to earn Pac-12 postseason awards, along with Helena Pueyo, Cate Reese and Esmery Martinez.
PJ Brown It was a great start to the postseason for Arizona as multiple Wildcats earned All-Pac-12 honors from the league's coaches. The media awards will be announced Wednesday morning.
Pellington was named co-Most Improved Player of the Year, along with former-Wildcat-turned-Colorado Buffalo Aaronette Vonleh. Pellington also landed on the All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 defensive teams. All of the honors were firsts for the senior. People are also reading… Pellington followed that up with 19 points, five assists and two blocks as UA beat Colorado for the weekend sweep. She also earned the first weekly league honor of her UA career as she was named Pac-12 Player of the Week. Pellington has a UA-career high 51 steals this season.In a recent interview with the Star, Pellington said her biggest area of growth was"not being my own worst enemy.
Reese, a fifth-year senior, is the only member of the All-Pac-12 team who has made it four times. Only one other Wildcat has done that: Davellyn Whyte from 2010-13. Reese was also on the All-Freshman team as a rookie. She averaged 12.8 points and 5.8 rebounds during the regular season. She shot 46% from the field. Over her UA career, she has scored 1,898 points and has 942 rebounds. She has started in all 150 games she has played, second to only Sam Thomas on the all-time list.
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