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The University of Utah Athletics
Pili Named Top Five Finalists for Katrina McClain Award
3/7/2024 12:19 PM | Women's Basketball
LAS VEGAS -- The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Top Five Finalists for the 2024 Katrina McClain Award and Utah women's basketball's Alissa Pili is in the Top Five.Â
Fans can support their favorite player by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, March 8, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
She was one of two on the list from the Pac-12.
She's averaging 21.0 points per game so far this season, ranking No. 15 in the NCAA. She's racked up 640 total points this season which is No. 7 in the NCAA. She is 31st in the nation in field goal percentage as she's shooting 55.0 percent this season. Pili is shooting 39.8 percent from the three this season. She's gone 121-147 from the free throw line for 82.3 percent. She's averaging 6.6 rebounds per game and racked up 76 total assists, 28 steals and 26 blocks.Â
Pili caught national attention after putting up a career-high 37 points against No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 10. Against the Gamecocks, Pili shot 65.2 percent from the field going 15-23. She went 3-6 from beyond the arc and 4-4 from the free throw line. She also managed two rebounds, one assist and three steals.Â
Pili was named to the coaches All-Pac-12 team this year which she made her third appearance on and her second straight.Â
She was ranked at No. 4 on ESPN's WBB Top 25 players list. She earned an honorable mention on the AP Preseason All-American list and was also named to the preseason Naismith Award Watchlist and Wade Trophy Preseason Watchlist.Â
Recently Pili was named to the Wooden Late Season Top 20 list as well as a Top 20 Candidate for the Naismith Trophy. She was also named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America Watch List.
Pili was a WBCA All-American last season and was named an AP and USBWA Second Team All-American. She was the 2023 Pac-12 Player of the Year and earned Pac-12 All-Conference honors.
She ended the 2022-23 season 16th in the nation in scoring averaging 20.7 points per game. She was also 14th in the nation in field goal percentage shooting 59 percent on the year. Pili averaged 5.6 rebounds per game and 2.2 assists per game. She also shot 42 percent from the three and 79 percent from the free throw line.Â
NEXT UP
Utah will take on UCLA in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Championships at 9:30 p.m. (MT) Thursday, March 7.Â
FOLLOW THE UTES
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
Fans can support their favorite player by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, March 8, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
She was one of two on the list from the Pac-12.
She's averaging 21.0 points per game so far this season, ranking No. 15 in the NCAA. She's racked up 640 total points this season which is No. 7 in the NCAA. She is 31st in the nation in field goal percentage as she's shooting 55.0 percent this season. Pili is shooting 39.8 percent from the three this season. She's gone 121-147 from the free throw line for 82.3 percent. She's averaging 6.6 rebounds per game and racked up 76 total assists, 28 steals and 26 blocks.Â
Pili caught national attention after putting up a career-high 37 points against No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 10. Against the Gamecocks, Pili shot 65.2 percent from the field going 15-23. She went 3-6 from beyond the arc and 4-4 from the free throw line. She also managed two rebounds, one assist and three steals.Â
Pili was named to the coaches All-Pac-12 team this year which she made her third appearance on and her second straight.Â
She was ranked at No. 4 on ESPN's WBB Top 25 players list. She earned an honorable mention on the AP Preseason All-American list and was also named to the preseason Naismith Award Watchlist and Wade Trophy Preseason Watchlist.Â
Recently Pili was named to the Wooden Late Season Top 20 list as well as a Top 20 Candidate for the Naismith Trophy. She was also named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America Watch List.
Pili was a WBCA All-American last season and was named an AP and USBWA Second Team All-American. She was the 2023 Pac-12 Player of the Year and earned Pac-12 All-Conference honors.
She ended the 2022-23 season 16th in the nation in scoring averaging 20.7 points per game. She was also 14th in the nation in field goal percentage shooting 59 percent on the year. Pili averaged 5.6 rebounds per game and 2.2 assists per game. She also shot 42 percent from the three and 79 percent from the free throw line.Â
NEXT UP
Utah will take on UCLA in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Championships at 9:30 p.m. (MT) Thursday, March 7.Â
FOLLOW THE UTES
Fans can follow along on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
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