Redshirt junior forward Emily Potter of Winnipeg has been named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive team and honorable mention on the all-conference team, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Tuesday after a vote by the league's head coaches.
Her defensive efforts landed her on the Pac-12 All-Defensive team, after earning all-defensive honorable mention last season. Potter leads the Pac-12 in blocked shots with 86 swatted shots, good for eighth in the NCAA as she sits just 14 blocks shy of breaking the program's all-time block record.
The starter has helped the Utes contain opponents to just 37-percent shooting from field-goal range and pilling down 42 rebounds per game.Potter has led the team in scoring and rebounding throughout the regular-season averaging 13.9 points and 8.6 rebounds entering the Pac-12 Conference Tournament, earning honorable mention all-conference. She ranks fifth in the Pac-12 in field-goal percentage as the 6-6 Winnipeg, Manitoba native is shooting 52.2 percent from the floor.
Potter became one of just 26 Utes to join the exclusive 1,000-point club 11 games into her junior season. Potter knocked down her 1,000th career point on a free-throw in the first quarter against Northern Arizona. She has tallied nine double-doubles and has scored in double figures in 23 out of the 29 games this season.
The 12th-seeded University of Utah women's basketball team will start Pac-12 Tournament play against the Arizona State Sun Devils in the first round on Thursday at 2 p.m. PT.
Action from Seattle's KeyArena will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks with Anne Marie Anderson (PBP) and Tammy Blackburn (Analyst) providing the commentary. Tyson Ewing will have the play-by-play call on ESPN 700.
The tournament will take place at KeyArena in Seattle this Thursday through Sunday, March 2 - 5. Tickets are still available at pac-12.com/tickets or the East Box Office at KeyArena.
ALL-PAC-12 (15 members)
ALL-PAC-12 (15 members)
Name
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School
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Position
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Year
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Hometown
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Kristine Anigwe **
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California
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F
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So.
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Phoenix, Ariz.
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Monique Billings
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UCLA
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F
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Jr.
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Corona, Calif.
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Sophie Brunner ***
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Arizona State
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F
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Sr.
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Freeport, Ill.
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Jordin Canada **
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UCLA
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G
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Jr.
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Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ruthy Hebard
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Oregon
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F
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Fr.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
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Marie Gulich
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Oregon State
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F/C
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Jr.
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Cologne, Germany
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Sabrina Ionescu
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Oregon
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G
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Fr.
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Walnut Creek, Calif.
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Kennedy Leonard
|
Colorado
|
G
|
So.
|
Southlake, Texas
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Erica McCall **
|
Stanford
|
F
|
Sr.
|
Bakersfield, Calif.
|
Brittany McPhee
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Stanford
|
G
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Jr.
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Normandy Park, Wash.
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Chantel Osahor
|
Washington
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F/C
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Sr.
|
Phoenix, Ariz.
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Kelsey Plum ****
|
Washington
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G
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Sr.
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Poway, Calif.
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Karlie Samuelson
|
Stanford
|
G
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Sr.
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Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Kristen Simon
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USC
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F
|
Jr.
|
Gardena, Calif.
|
Sydney Wiese ****
|
Oregon State
|
G
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Sr.
|
Phoenix, Ariz.
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HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Lexi Bando, ORE (G, Jr.); Kennedy Burke, UCLA (G, So.); Mikayla Cowling, CAL (F, Jr.); Quinn Dornstauder, ASU (C, Sr.); Gabriella Hanson, OSU (G, Sr.); Courtney Jaco, USC (G, Sr.); LaBrittney Jones, ARIZ (F, Sr.); Emily Potter, UTAH (F, Jr.); Haley Smith, COLO (G/F, Sr.); Alexis Robinson, COLO (G, So.).
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Name
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School
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Position
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Hometown
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Ruthy Hebard
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Oregon
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F
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Fairbanks, Alaska
| |
Sabrina Ionescu
|
Oregon
|
G
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Walnut Creek, Calif.
| |
Aarion McDonald
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Washington
|
G
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Tracy, Calif.
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Minyon Moore
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USC
|
G
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Rodeo, Calif.
| |
Mikayla Pivec
|
Oregon State
|
G
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Lynwood, Wash.
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HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Jaelyn Brown, CAL (F, Fr.); Mi'Cole Cayton, CAL (G, Fr.); Nadia Fingall, STAN (F, Fr.); Chanelle Molina, WSU (G, Fr.); Reili Richardson, ASU (G, Fr.).
ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
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** two-time All-Defensive team honoree
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Breanna Brown, OSU (F/C, Jr.); Mikayla Cowling, CAL (F, Jr.); Quinn Dornstauder, ASU (C, Sr.); Caila Hailey, WSU (G, Jr.); Courtney Jaco, USC (G, Sr.); LaBrittney Jones, ARIZ (F, Sr.); Chantel Osahor, WASH (F/C, Sr.); Haley Smith, COLO (G/F, Sr.).
Sources:
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4996073-155/utah-womens-basketball-emily-potter-earns
https://www.utahutes.com/news/2017/2/28/womens-basketball-potter-earns-all-conference-nod.aspx