Tcu’s van lith wins big as Big 12 Hands Out Basketball Awards

Irving, Texas-Hailey Van Lith from Big 12-season Master TCU has been named player’s player and its newcomer after the year after transferring to Horned Frogs for his fifth and last college season.

The Big 12 announced its award winners on Tuesday, who determined by a vote of its 16 head coach. Van Lith is the first player in the league’s 29-season history to be chosen as top player and top newcomer in the same season.

TCU’s Mark Campbell was named coach of the year after the eighth -ranked Horned Frogs won the title in regular season for the first time in their 13 seasons in the league.

Van Lith joined TCU after going to NCAA Elite eight last season with LSU after three seasons at Louisville, which included a Final Four and another Elite Eight. She is an average of 17.6 points and 5.4 assists for the frogs.

BYU -Guard Delaney Gibb, an average of 17.5 points and 4.2 assists, was chosen for this year’s unanimous beginner. West Virginia guard JJ Quinerly became the first player to be selected for the defensive players of the year in back-to-back seasons since Baylors Lauren Cox in 2018-19.

Baylor Senior Guard Yaya Felder got the award Sixth Player of the Year.