| 2011-12 Women's Basketball Coaches
Pre-Season Poll: |
| School |
(1st) |
Pts. |
2010-11 All |
2010-11 NWC |
| George Fox (Ore.) |
(7) |
70 |
25-6 |
14-2 |
| Lewis & Clark (Ore.) |
(2) |
59 |
21-7 |
14-2 |
| Puget Sound (Wash.) |
|
46 |
18-8 |
11-5 |
| Whitman (Wash.) |
|
44 |
15-11 |
9-7 |
| Whitworth (Wash.) |
|
35 |
11-14 |
7-9 |
| Linfield (Ore.) |
|
34 |
13-11 |
8-8 |
| Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) |
|
20 |
6-18 |
4-12 |
| Pacific (Ore.) |
|
16 |
7-18 |
3-13 |
| Willamette (Ore.) |
|
9 |
3-20 |
2-14 |
(First-place votes in parenthesis. Points awarded on
9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis).
George Fox is Picked to Win Again
in NWC
Spokane, Wash. - George Fox University, which has won or shared
five straight Northwest Conference women's basketball titles, has
been picked by conference coaches as the favorite to finish atop
the conference standings again in 2011-12.
The Bruins picked up seven of nine first place votes and
tallied 70 of 72 possible points in the poll. George Fox
returns First Team All-NWC guard Keisha Gordon and First Team
All-NWC post Hannah Munger among five
returning starters.
Lewis & Clark College is second in the poll with 59
points and picked up the other two first place votes. The
Pioneers welcome back 2011 NWC Player of the
Year Kristina Williams and Second Team All-NWC post Megan
Spence.
The University of Puget Sound is third in the poll
with 46 points. The Loggers will be led by First
Team All-NWC guard Jocelyn Riordan and Second Team All-NWC
guard Kelsey McKinnis.
Whitman College (44 points) is fourth in the poll.
All-NWC point guard Janele Peterson returns for her final season of
eligibility, joined by honorable mention All-Conference forward
Kelly Peterson.
Whitworth University is fifth in the poll with 35 points,
just ahead of Linfield College (34). Second Team All-NWC
guard Emily Guthrie will lead the Pirates, while First Team All-NWC
wing Gretchen Owens returns for the Wildcats.
Pacific Lutheran University (20 points) is seventh in the
poll. Sophomore guard Shelly Kilkup is the Lutes' leading
returnee.
Pacific University, eighth in the poll with 16 points, will be
led by senior Erica Schultz, a Second Team All-NWC selection in
2011.
Willamette University (9) is ninth in the poll.
The Northwest Conference champion is determined by the regular
season schedule. The league will use a conference tournament,
comprised of the top four teams in the final regular season
standings, to decide the automatic (Pool A) bid to the NCAA
tournament.
The season officially gets underway on November 15th.