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2016-17 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL // TEAMS 32 WASHINGTON HUSKIES QUICK FACTS Location .............................................Seattle, Wash. Founded .......................................................... 1861 Enrollment ................................................... 31,474 Colors .................................................Purple & Gold Home Court .........................Alaska Airlines (10,000) Press Row Phone .............................(206) 543-2230 President .........................................Ana Mari Cauce Faculty Rep ......................................... Frank Hodge Athletic Director ............................... Jennifer Cohen Senior Assoc. AD/SWA ................. Stephanie Rempe Head Coach ..................................... Mike Neighbors Communications Dir. ......................... Jeff Bechthold Asst. Dir./WBB SID ..................................Traci Bode Office/Fax ..................(206) 543-2230/543-5000 Cell ...........................................(712) 899-4133 Email ....................................... tbode10@uw.edu Website .................................www.gohuskies.com All-Time Record ..................................... 772-456 First Year .............................................. 1974-75 Pac-12 Record ...................................... 320-220 Pac-12 Tournament ..................................... 9-15 NCAA Record ............................................ 19-18 WNIT Record............................................... 11-6 WBI Record................................................... 1-1 YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD (since 1981-82) Year Conf. Place Overall Postseason 81-82 0-4 3 16-10 82-83 7-5 4 15-12 83-84 8-4 4 17-8 84-85 11-0 1 26-2 85-86 10-2 1 24-6 86-87 14-4 2 23-7 NCAA 2nd 87-88 16-2 1 25-5 NCAA 2nd 88-89 15-3 2 23-10 NCAA 2nd 89-90 17-1 T1 28-3 NCAA E8 90-91 15-3 2 24-5 NCAA 2nd 91-92 9-9 6 17-11 92-93 11-7 3 17-12 NCAA 2nd 93-94 12-6 4 21-8 NCAA 2nd 94-95 13-5 2 25-9 NCAA S16 95-96 10-8 T3 16-13 96-97 12-6 T4 17-11 NCAA 1st 97-98 9-9 T5 18-10 NCAA 1st 98-99 11-7 5 16-13 WNIT 2nd 99-00 4-14 9 8-22 00-01 12-6 T1 22-10 NCAA E8 01-02 12-6 T2 19-12 WNIT QF 02-03 13-5 T2 22-8 NCAA 1st 03-04 9-9 6 18-13 WNIT 2nd 04-05 9-9 7 14-16 05-06 11-7 T4 19-11 NCAA 2nd 06-07 11-7 4 18-13 NCAA 1st 07-08 8-10 6 13-18 08-09 3-15 10 8-22 09-10 7-11 T6 13-18 WBI 2nd 10-11 6-12 T7 11-17 11-12 8-10 T7 20-14 WNIT QF 12-13 11-7 5 21-12 WNIT 2nd 13-14 10-8 6 20-14 WNIT QF 14-15 11-7 5 23-10 NCAA 1st 15-16 11-7 5 26-11 NCAA FF NWBL member from 1977-1982 NorPac Conference member from 1982-1986 Pac-12 member since 1986 No. Name POS HT YR EXP Hometown/High School (Last School) 0 Chantel Osahor F/C 6-2 SR 3V Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary's HS 1 Hannah Johnson F 6-1 RS SO 1V Los Angeles, Calif./Bishop Alemany HS 2 Aarion McDonald G 5-7 FR HS Tracy, Calif./Brookside Christian HS 3 Mai-Loni Henson F 6-1 FR HS Temecula, Calif./La Jolla Country Day 4 Amber Melgoza G 5-10 FR HS Santa Barbara, Calif./Santa Barbara HS 5 Natalie Romeo G 5-7 JR TR Martinez, Calif./Nebraska 10 Kelsey Plum G 5-8 SR 3V Poway, Calif./La Jolly Country Day HS 13 Katie Collier F/C 6-3 RS SR 3V Covington, Wash./Seattle Christian HS 14 Heather Corral G/F 6-1 RS SR 2V Vancouver, Wash./Prairie HS 20 Kelli Kingma G 5-8 JR 2V Mill Creek, Wash./Henry M. Jackson HS 23 Brianna Ruiz G 5-10 RS JR 2V Sacramento, Calif./Del Oro HS 24 Jenna Moser G 5-6 JR HS Colton, Wash./Colton 32 Gigi Garcia F 6-2 FR HS Sacramento, Calif./C.K. Mcclatchy HS 34 Deja Strother C 6-5 SO 1V Kenmore, Wash./Inglemoor HS 42 Mackenzie Wieburg G 5-9 JR 2V Sammamish, Wash./Issaquah HS Head Coach: Mike Neighbors (Arkansas 1993), 4th year Letterwinners R/L: 9/2 Assistant Coach: Morgan Valley (Connecticut 2004), 2nd year Starters returning in bold Assistant Coach: Todd Schaefer (Thomas More 1995), 1st year Assistant Coach: Jasmine Lister (Vanderbilt 2014), 1st year • The more the season went on, the more formidable the Huskies became. An understatement considering where they ended up. UW advanced to its first-ever NCAA Women's Final Four last year, after placing fifth in the Pac-12. • Head coach Mike Neighbors returns most of the components from last season, losing just two letterwinners. At the top of the list of returnees is senior Kelsey Plum, the Huskies' first All-American in 15 years. A prolific scorer, she is on pace to break the Pac-12 all-time scoring record after scoring nearly 1,000 points in her junior year alone. Plum has averaged over 20.0 ppg every season at UW, but most impressively is her ability to get to the free throw line, already having decisively broken the league's mark for most career free throws made with another year to go. She is also a national player of the year candidate. • Senior Chantel Osahor had a coming-out part, of sorts, during the NCAA Tournament last year. Many took notice of not only rebounding ability which saw her average over 10.0 rpg, but also her fearlessness from long-range that can put a game away or stop a run. Though her talents were no secret to her teammates. • With her height, redshirt senior Katie Collier has become an imposing figure in the paint as one of the top shot blockers in the Conference. • The Huskies welcome back guard Brianna Ruiz, who was injured in mid-January last year and was out for the rest of the season. Ruiz is another offensive threat, having improved her all-around game last season. But time will tell how she bounces back from injury. • The Huskies lost a key component to the team in Talia Walton who was a big reason UW reached the Final Four. But experience and the addition of five newcomers should help make up for that. Year School Overall Conf. Place/Conf 13-14 Washington 20-14 10-8 6/Pac-12 14-15 Washington 23-10 11-7 5/Pac-12 15-16 Washington 26-11 11-7 5/Pac-12 WASH Total (3 yrs) 69-35 32-22 Career Total (3 yrs) 69-35 32-22 MIKE NEIGHBORS Head Coach • 4th Year at Washington Alma Mater: Arkansas, 1993 69-35 (.663) at Washington • Overall: 69-35 (.663, 2 years) Led the Huskies to the program's first-ever NCAA Final Four in 2016 after getting the team to the NCAA Tournament in 2015 for the first time in eight years ... promoted to head coach on April 21, 2013 after previously serving as the top assistant for two seasons at Washington ... Arrived at UW after serving as an assistant at Xavier, Colorado and Arkansas ... 10 of his players have been drafted in the WNBA ... The Huskies are coming off five-consecutive 20-win seasons, a feat they have not accomplished since the 1985-1991 seasons. 2016-17 WASHINGTON ROSTER TEAM OUTLOOK NEIGHBORS' RECORD Arizona .......................................................... 40-21 Arizona State .................................................. 29-32 California ....................................................... 45-21 Colorado .......................................................... 10-8 Oregon ........................................................... 48-44 Oregon State .................................................. 54-36 Stanford ......................................................... 17-46 UCLA ............................................................. 31-29 USC ............................................................... 35-28 Utah ................................................................ 11-9 Washington State ........................................... 69-13 SERIES RECORDS