BYU’s Shaylee Gonzales Named To Midseason Team For Women’s Player Of The Year
Feb 8, 2022, 2:59 PM | Updated: 3:01 pm
BYU Women's Basketball guard Shaylee Gonzales. (Matthew Norton/BYU Photo)
(Matthew Norton/BYU Photo)
PROVO, Utah – BYU star Shaylee Gonzales is one of the top players in women’s basketball. The sophomore guard from Arizona has helped lead BYU to a 19-2 start this season.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗲! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/rt9yahPuj5
— BYU Women's Hoops (@byuwbb) February 8, 2022
On Tuesday, Gonzales was named to the 2022 Naismith Trophy midseason team. Gonzales was part of a group of 30 women that are in the running for women’s college basketball’s most prestigious award.
Shaylee Gonzales is leading BYU to new heights
The 5-foot-10 guard has started in all 21 of BYU’s games this season and is averaging 18.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4.1 assists while shooting 49.5% from the field per game.
Gonzales is one of only two players on the Naismith Trophy midseason team to come from a team outside of a power conference. The other is Kierstan Bell at Florida Gulf Coast in the Atlantic Sun Conference. BYU plays in the West Coast Conference, and currently is in first place for the regular-season league title.
Gonzales is the reigning Co-Player of the Year in the WCC and is in a position to claim the top player honors in the conference again this season.
No. 20 BYU and Gonzales return to action this Thursday night when they take on Pepperdine at the Marriott Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
2022 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy for Women’s Player of the Year
Shakira Austin, C, Ole Miss
Kierstan Bell, G, Florida Gulf Coast
Aliyah Boston, F, South Carolina
Cameron Brink, F, Stanford
Veronica Burton, G, Northwestern
Caitlin Clark, G, Iowa
Nia Clouden, G, Michigan State
Lorela Cubaj, F, Georgia Tech
Elissa Cunane, C, NC State
Emily Engstler, F, Louisville
Shaylee Gonzales, G, BYU
Destanni Henderson, G, South Carolina
Naz Hillmon, F, Michigan
Mackenzie Holmes, F, Indiana
Jordan Horston, G, Tennessee
Rhyne Howard, G, Kentucky
Ashley Joens, G, Iowa State
Haley Jones, G, Stanford
Elizabeth Kitley, C, Virginia Tech
Ayoka Lee, C, Kansas State
Olivia Miles, G, Notre Dame
Aneesah Morrow, F, DePaul
Charisma Osborne, G, UCLA
Ashley Owusu, G, Maryland
Khayla Pointer, G, LSU
Angel Reese, G, Maryland
Cate Reese, F, Arizona
NaLyssa Smith, F, Baylor
Jenne Staiti, C, Georgia
Christyn Williams, G, UConn
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