BYU Star Delaney Gibb Named Big 12 Freshman Of The Year
Mar 4, 2025, 1:32 PM | Updated: Mar 6, 2025, 10:42 am
PROVO, Utah – In an announcement that surprised no one, BYU women’s basketball guard Delaney Gibb was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year for the 2024-25 season.
The 5-foot-10 freshman from Canada was a unanimous selection to receive the award.
BYU women's basketball star Delaney Gibb has been named Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
She was a unanimous selection. pic.twitter.com/JBqj8YIbbi
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) March 4, 2025
Gibb earned the Freshman of the Week award during the 2024-25 season 10 times. That’s the second-most weekly freshman awards for one player in league history.
Delaney Gibb earns Big 12 Freshman of the Year for the 2024-25 season
Gibb was named the unanimous Big 12 Freshman of the Year. She also earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team and Second Team All-Big 12 honors.
The Raymond, Alberta native is the only freshman in the Big 12 this season to be named to one of the top three All-Conference teams this season.
Gibb was a bright spot for a BYU team that struggled through a 13-16 regular season and a 4-14 record in the Big 12.
2024-25 #Big12WBB Freshman of the Year 🏆
Delaney Gibb | @byuwbb pic.twitter.com/qbkHG2Id8a
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) March 4, 2025
The former four-star recruit led BYU in scoring (17.5), rebounds (5.5), and assists (4.2).
Gibb had six games where she scored over 20 points, including a career-high 36 points this past Saturday in an overtime loss to rival Utah in Salt Lake City.
During Big 12 play, Gibb was seventh in the conference in points per game at 17.9. She was fifth in league play in 3-point field goal percentage at 41.2% and fourth in 3-point field goals per game at 2.6.
BYU had no other players besides Gibb earn Big 12 awards for the 2024-25 season.
Gibb and BYU will be back in action on Wednesday for the first round of the Big 12 Women’s Conference Tournament in Kansas City. The Cougars will take on UCF at 10 a.m. (MST) on ESPN+.
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for sports.ksl.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
