Big Ten Women's Basketball: Individual Award Winners, All-Conference Teams Announced

The Big Ten has announced the individual award winners and all-conference teams for the 2023-24 women's college basketball season. Iowa's Caitlin Clark was named the Player of the Year and Ohio State's Kevin McGuff was the Big Ten Coach of the Year.

With the 2023-24 Big Ten women's basketball season officially in the books, the conference announced its annual awards and all-conference selections. The league made the announcement on Tuesday.

It comes as no surprise that Iowa's Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten Player of the Year. The senior averaged 32.3 points, 8.7 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game. The Hawkeyes were 26-4 on the season.

Michigan State's Theryn Hallock was the consensus Sixth Player of the Year for the 2023-24 campaign. Coming off the bench, she averaged 11.2 points, 2.7 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 52% from the floor.

Finally, Ohio State's Kevin McGuff was the consensus Coach of the Year in the Big Ten. He led the Buckeyes to a 25-4 record and a 16-2 mark in conference play. Ohio State was the outright Big Ten champion.

Here's the complete list of individual award winners and All-Big Ten teams for the 2023-24 women's basketball season.

Individual awards 

Player of the Year

• Coaches: Caitlin Clark, Iowa
• Media: Caitlin Clark, Iowa

Defensive Player of the Year

• Coaches: Celeste Taylor, Ohio State
• Media: Serah Williams, Wisconsin

Freshman of the Year

• Coaches: Natalie Potts, Nebraska
• Media: Mary Ashley Stevenson, Purdue

Sixth Player of the Year

• Coaches: Theryn Hallock, Michigan State
• Media: Theryn Hallock, Michigan State

Coach of the Year

• Coaches: Kevin McGuff, Ohio State
• Media: Kevin McGuff, Ohio State

All-Big Ten teams

First Team (Coaches)

• Caitlin Clark, Iowa
• Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
• Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
• Alexis Markowski, Nebraska
• Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
• Laila Phelia, Michigan
• Serah Williams, Wisconsin
• Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
• Julia Ayrault, Michigan State
• Sara Scalia, Indiana

First Team (Media)

• Caitlin Clark, Iowa
• Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
• Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
• Serah Williams, Wisconsin
• Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
• Alexis Markowski, Nebraska
• Sara Scalia, Indiana
• Laila Phelia, Michigan
• Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
• Julia Ayrault, Michigan State

Second Team (Coaches)

• Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
• Jaz Shelley, Nebraska
• Destiny Adams, Rutgers
• Makira Cook, Illinois
• Moira Joiner, Michigan State
• Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana
• Celeste Taylor, Ohio State
• Kate Martin, Iowa
• Jakia Brown-Turner, Maryland
• Ashley Owusu, Penn State
• DeeDee Hagemann, Michigan State
• Taylor Thierry, Ohio State

Second Team (Media)

• Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
• Jaz Shelley, Nebraska
• Celeste Taylor, Ohio State
• Moira Joiner, Michigan State
• Kate Martin, Iowa
• Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana
• Taylor Thierry, Ohio State
• Makira Cook, Illinois
• Makenna Marisa, Penn State
• Kendall Bostic, Illinois

All-Defensive Team (Coaches)

• Celeste Taylor, Ohio State
• Leilani Kapinus, Penn State
• Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana
• Serah Williams, Wisconsin
• Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana

All-Defensive Team (Media)

• Serah Williams, Wisconsin
• Celeste Taylor, Ohio State
• Leilani Kapinus, Penn State
• Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
• Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State

All-Freshman Team (Coaches)

• Natalie Potts, Nebraska
• Grace Grocholski, Minnesota
• Mary Ashley Stevenson, Purdue
• Gretchen Dolan, Illinois
• Logan Nissley, Nebraska

All-Freshman Team (Media)

• Mary Ashley Stevenson, Purdue
• Natalie Potts, Nebraska
• Grace Grocholski, Minnesota
• Rashunda Jones, Purdue
• Logan Nissley, Nebraska

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