Abby Scott (Warm Springs Tribe) and NMSU Aggies Voted Preseason Favorite to Win Western Athletic Conference

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The NM State women’s basketball team was voted as the favorite to win the Western Athletic Conference in the 2015-16 WAC Preseason Women’s Basketball Coaches and Media Poll, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Senior Guard Abby Scott (Warm Springs Tribe) will finish her collegiate career this season with the Aggies. Abby started in 28 of the 29 games she participated in last season.  She finished the season averaging 7.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while adding 39 assists, 25 steals, 15 blocked shots and a .335 shooting percentage, including .324 from beyond the arc.  Scott was third on the team with 45 made 3-pointers and a 1.6 3-pointers/game average.

In the head coaches poll, NM State tallied 7-of-8 possible first-place votes for a total of 49 points with CSU Bakersfield coming in second with 39 points. Seattle U garnered 33 points and was the only other team to receive a first-place vote. UT Rio Grande Valley tallied 30 points while Grand Canyon (27), Utah Valley (26), Missouri-Kansas City (13) and Chicago State (7) rounded out the rest of the league.

In the media poll, the Aggies tallied 9-of-10 first-place votes for a total of 79 points. The media poll was quite similar to that of the coaches poll except UTRGV was predicted to finish third instead of Seattle U while CSU Bakersfield received the only other first-place vote.

Joining Freeman on the preseason first-team list are seniors Sasha Weber and Shanice Davis in the coaches poll. NM State led the pack with three players selected while CSU Bakersfield and Seattle U tied for second with two each.

In the media poll, Freeman and Weber earned first-team honors while Davis received second-team selections. The Aggies also led all teams with three honorees in the media poll.

2015-16 Preseason Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll

2015-16 Preseason Women’s Basketball Media Poll