EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon’s Phillipina Kyei and Grace VanSlooten were both named all-Pac-12 honorable mention Tuesday, as the conference office revealed its annual all-conference awards determined by a vote of the league’s head coaches.
Kyei, a junior, earns her first all-conference accolade while VanSlooten earns her second straight all-Pac-12 honorable mention nod after also being selected to the Pac-12’s all-freshman team a season ago.
Kyei is the Pac-12’s leader in both rebounding (12.1 per game) and double-doubles (20), ranking third and fourth, respectively, in the nation. Her 20 double-doubles have her tied with Sabrina Ionescu for sixth-most in a single season in program history, while her 28 career double-doubles are tied for ninth-most all time.
The Calgary, Alberta, product has registered 25 games with 10 or more points after producing 11 such games over her first two seasons in Eugene. Kyei has logged a pair of 20-point games this season, including a career-high 23 at Washington State on Feb. 25. She is one of only three players in the country averaging at least 12.0 points and 12.0 rebounds a game this season.
Kyei’s 375 rebounds have her two away from No. 3 in a single season in Oregon history, which would surpass the 376 boards she grabbed a season ago. Kyei is on pace to become the first Duck to average a double-double since Jillian Alleyne did so in the 2015-16 campaign.
VanSlooten is the Ducks’ leading scorer at 15.2 points a game while shooting 40 percent from the field and averaging 7.2 rebounds a night to rank second on the team. She has registered a career-best eight double-doubles this season, and 10 in her career.
VanSlooten, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, owns a team-high 27 games in double figures, including each of her last 11 games for a career-long stretch. She dropped a season-high 25 points at Utah Tech on Dec. 19 and finished with 21 at Grand Canyon on Nov. 16.The Toledo, Ohio, native is one of just three players in a Power 5 conference to average at least 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals a game, and one of 14 players in Division I. In back-to-back games this season, VanSlooten set and then matched a career high with 16 rebounds (at Nevada, at Portland).
Oregon next heads to the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas as the No. 12 seed, where it will face fifth-seeded Colorado in the first round Wednesday at 12 p.m. PT at MGM Grand Garden Arena (Pac-12 Network).
C PHILLIPIA KYEIAll-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
· First career all-conference honor
· Leads the Pac-12 in rebounding at 12.1 a game (third in nation)
· Leads Pac-12 with 20 double-doubles (tied for fourth nationally)
· One of three players in the country averaging at least 12.0 points and 12.0 rebounds a game
· Currently ranks fourth in UO single-season history with 375 rebounds
· On pace to become first Duck to average a double-double since Jillian Alleyne in 2015-16
F GRACE VANSLOOTENAll-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
· Second straight all-conference honor (named all-Pac-12 honorable mention and all-freshman team in 2023)
· Leads UO at 15.2 points per game and second at 7.2 rebounds a game
· Second on the team with eight double-doubles this season (10 for her career)
· One of three Power 5 players averaging at least 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game
· Team leader with 27 double-digit scoring efforts and has scored 10 or more points in 11 straight games (career-long stretch) and 24 of her last 26 outings
