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Five Buffs Earn Pac-12 Postseason Honors
March 05, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Jaylyn Sherrod and Aaronette Vonleh headline the group as All-Conference selections
LAS VEGAS – Five Colorado women's basketball players accounted for a total of six Pac-12 postseason honors to open Pac-12 Tournament Week on Tuesday.
Graduate Jaylyn Sherrod and junior Aaronette Vonleh earned All-Conference honors, while Sherrod secured her third All-Defensive team selection. Senior Frida Formann and graduate Quay Miller both earned honorable mention All-Conference honors. Junior Kindyll Wetta rounds out the group with her honorable mention All-Defensive team nod.
"I'm very proud of all our players but definitely excited for those who have been recognized with All-Pac-12 honors," head coach JR Payne commented. "To be listed among the best in the conference is truly a testament to their individual and collective hard work over the years."
Sherrod, now a two-time All-Pac-12 selection, ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in total assists (136), assists per game (4.7), steals (62) and steals per game (2.14). She is averaging 12.8 points per game this season. She earned Pac-12 Player of the Week and numerous National Player of the Week honors after recording a career-high 34 points against then-No. 12 Utah. She enters the Pac-12 Tournament with 370 points scored this season, three off her single-season best set last season. Sherrod has started all 29 games for CU and became the Buffs' all-time leader in career starts (128) last Saturday. She is hitting a career-best 44.3% from the field this season and is hitting a career-high 77.4% from the free-throw line. Sherrod also dished out a career-high 13 assists against UT Arlington and has five or more assists in 12 games this season. She has had at least one steal in 25 games this season.
Vonleh, last season's Co-Most Improved Player of the Year, leads the Buffs with her career-best 14.4 points per game. She scored a season-high 24 points in Colorado's season-opening win over then-No. 1 LSU, earning the first Pac-12 Player of the Week award. Vonleh has scored in double figures 24 times this season, including five games with 20 or more points. She had back-to-back 20-point games at Washington State and Washington for the first time in her career. The Bend, Ore., native, has two double-doubles this season. She recorded a career-high 11 rebounds against Le Moyne and has a career-best 4.9 boards per game. Vonleh ranks 24th in the NCAA in field goal % (56.6) and is fifth in the Pac-12 with 175 field goals made.
Formann picks up her second consecutive honorable mention. She ranks 2nd in the Pac-12 with 71 3-pointers this season, averaging 2.5 makes per game. She became the 34th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points and is averaging a career-best 12.6 points per game through 29 contests. Formann started the season with a career-high 27 points against LSU and hit the mark again at Washington State. She tied the school record for 3-pointers in a game, making seven twice this season. Formann dished out a career-high nine assists at Washington and has totaled a career-best 65 helpers this season. She's currently positioned second on CU's single-season free throw % rankings (min. 50 made), shooting 93.1% (54-58).
Miller, a Renton, Wash., native, sits seventh in the conference at the start of the Pac-12 Tournament with a team-high 223 rebounds this season. She snagged a season-high 15 boards against WSU and has 12 games of double-digit rebounds. Miller has a team-leading nine double-doubles this year, including a three-game streak against ASU, Cal and Stanford. She became the 35th player in CU history to record 1,000 points in the Black & Gold. She's averaging 9.2 points per game this season, scoring in double figures 14 times.
Wetta, a Castle Rock, Colo., native, is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.8 steals per game this season. She swiped a season-high five steals against Kentucky and is second on the team with 51 steals this season. Wetta has also been tough on the glass with a career-high 97 rebounds.
Buffs Open Pac-12 Tournament on Wednesday
The fifth-seeded and 18th-ranked Buffaloes arrived in Las Vegas Monday evening in preparation for the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament. Colorado (21-8, 11-7 Pac-12) will open the tournament on Wednesday (1 p.m. MT), taking on the 12th-seeded Oregon Ducks (11-20, 2-16 Pac-12).
The Buffs enter the Pac-12 Tournament with 20 wins for the third straight season. Prior to 2021-22, CU had not entered the conference tournament with at least 20 wins since the 2012-13 season (24). Colorado also enters the tournament with 10 conference wins for the second consecutive season.
CU's resume this season includes four wins over ranked opponents, matching last year's total. Of those for wins, three came against top-10 opponents. The Buffs began the year ranked 20th in the nation but launched up to No. 5 after the team's opening-night win over No. 1 LSU. Colorado climbed as high as No. 3 in the rankings this season, its highest since finishing No. 2 in the 1994-95 season. The Buffs have been ranked in 24 consecutive AP polls dating back to Feb. 6, 2023. It is the program's fourth-longest streak.
This is the second time in the last three seasons that CU has been the 5th seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. Colorado went 2-1 in 2022 as the No. 5 seed, getting wins over No. 12 Washington State and No. 4 Arizona before falling in the semifinals to No. 1 Stanford.
The matchup with the Ducks will be just the second meeting between the two schools in the Pac-12 Tournament. No. 1-seeded Oregon got the better of the No. 9 Buffs, 84-47, in the quarterfinals of the 2018 tournament in Seattle. The Buffs swept Oregon in the season series and have won the last four meetings against the Ducks.
Oregon enters the tournament on a 13-game losing streak, its longest in program history. The Ducks have played 12 games against ranked opponents this season, which is the most out of any team in the country this season. Oregon is 16-20 all-time in the Pac10/12 Tournament and has two tournament championships in 2018 and 2020.
The winner will advance to Thursday's quarterfinals against fourth-seeded Oregon State (1 p.m. MT).
Ann Schatz and Tammy Blackburn will have the call on the Pac-12 Network.
Cory Lopez and Carol Callan will have pregame coverage across the Colorado Radio Network starting at 12:30 p.m. MT.
Graduate Jaylyn Sherrod and junior Aaronette Vonleh earned All-Conference honors, while Sherrod secured her third All-Defensive team selection. Senior Frida Formann and graduate Quay Miller both earned honorable mention All-Conference honors. Junior Kindyll Wetta rounds out the group with her honorable mention All-Defensive team nod.
"I'm very proud of all our players but definitely excited for those who have been recognized with All-Pac-12 honors," head coach JR Payne commented. "To be listed among the best in the conference is truly a testament to their individual and collective hard work over the years."
Sherrod, now a two-time All-Pac-12 selection, ranks fourth in the Pac-12 in total assists (136), assists per game (4.7), steals (62) and steals per game (2.14). She is averaging 12.8 points per game this season. She earned Pac-12 Player of the Week and numerous National Player of the Week honors after recording a career-high 34 points against then-No. 12 Utah. She enters the Pac-12 Tournament with 370 points scored this season, three off her single-season best set last season. Sherrod has started all 29 games for CU and became the Buffs' all-time leader in career starts (128) last Saturday. She is hitting a career-best 44.3% from the field this season and is hitting a career-high 77.4% from the free-throw line. Sherrod also dished out a career-high 13 assists against UT Arlington and has five or more assists in 12 games this season. She has had at least one steal in 25 games this season.
Vonleh, last season's Co-Most Improved Player of the Year, leads the Buffs with her career-best 14.4 points per game. She scored a season-high 24 points in Colorado's season-opening win over then-No. 1 LSU, earning the first Pac-12 Player of the Week award. Vonleh has scored in double figures 24 times this season, including five games with 20 or more points. She had back-to-back 20-point games at Washington State and Washington for the first time in her career. The Bend, Ore., native, has two double-doubles this season. She recorded a career-high 11 rebounds against Le Moyne and has a career-best 4.9 boards per game. Vonleh ranks 24th in the NCAA in field goal % (56.6) and is fifth in the Pac-12 with 175 field goals made.
Formann picks up her second consecutive honorable mention. She ranks 2nd in the Pac-12 with 71 3-pointers this season, averaging 2.5 makes per game. She became the 34th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points and is averaging a career-best 12.6 points per game through 29 contests. Formann started the season with a career-high 27 points against LSU and hit the mark again at Washington State. She tied the school record for 3-pointers in a game, making seven twice this season. Formann dished out a career-high nine assists at Washington and has totaled a career-best 65 helpers this season. She's currently positioned second on CU's single-season free throw % rankings (min. 50 made), shooting 93.1% (54-58).
Miller, a Renton, Wash., native, sits seventh in the conference at the start of the Pac-12 Tournament with a team-high 223 rebounds this season. She snagged a season-high 15 boards against WSU and has 12 games of double-digit rebounds. Miller has a team-leading nine double-doubles this year, including a three-game streak against ASU, Cal and Stanford. She became the 35th player in CU history to record 1,000 points in the Black & Gold. She's averaging 9.2 points per game this season, scoring in double figures 14 times.
Wetta, a Castle Rock, Colo., native, is seventh in the Pac-12 with 1.8 steals per game this season. She swiped a season-high five steals against Kentucky and is second on the team with 51 steals this season. Wetta has also been tough on the glass with a career-high 97 rebounds.
Buffs Open Pac-12 Tournament on Wednesday
The fifth-seeded and 18th-ranked Buffaloes arrived in Las Vegas Monday evening in preparation for the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament. Colorado (21-8, 11-7 Pac-12) will open the tournament on Wednesday (1 p.m. MT), taking on the 12th-seeded Oregon Ducks (11-20, 2-16 Pac-12).
The Buffs enter the Pac-12 Tournament with 20 wins for the third straight season. Prior to 2021-22, CU had not entered the conference tournament with at least 20 wins since the 2012-13 season (24). Colorado also enters the tournament with 10 conference wins for the second consecutive season.
CU's resume this season includes four wins over ranked opponents, matching last year's total. Of those for wins, three came against top-10 opponents. The Buffs began the year ranked 20th in the nation but launched up to No. 5 after the team's opening-night win over No. 1 LSU. Colorado climbed as high as No. 3 in the rankings this season, its highest since finishing No. 2 in the 1994-95 season. The Buffs have been ranked in 24 consecutive AP polls dating back to Feb. 6, 2023. It is the program's fourth-longest streak.
This is the second time in the last three seasons that CU has been the 5th seed in the Pac-12 Tournament. Colorado went 2-1 in 2022 as the No. 5 seed, getting wins over No. 12 Washington State and No. 4 Arizona before falling in the semifinals to No. 1 Stanford.
The matchup with the Ducks will be just the second meeting between the two schools in the Pac-12 Tournament. No. 1-seeded Oregon got the better of the No. 9 Buffs, 84-47, in the quarterfinals of the 2018 tournament in Seattle. The Buffs swept Oregon in the season series and have won the last four meetings against the Ducks.
Oregon enters the tournament on a 13-game losing streak, its longest in program history. The Ducks have played 12 games against ranked opponents this season, which is the most out of any team in the country this season. Oregon is 16-20 all-time in the Pac10/12 Tournament and has two tournament championships in 2018 and 2020.
The winner will advance to Thursday's quarterfinals against fourth-seeded Oregon State (1 p.m. MT).
Ann Schatz and Tammy Blackburn will have the call on the Pac-12 Network.
Cory Lopez and Carol Callan will have pregame coverage across the Colorado Radio Network starting at 12:30 p.m. MT.
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