Gamecock Women’s Basketball in San Antonio | Photo via @gamecockwbb
While the Women’s Gamecock – Basketball team may not have won the national championship over the weekend, we think the team achievements this season were still worthy of celebration.
ICYMI – Gamecocks played on Final Four against Stanford (another # 1 seed team) on Friday night. After a close fight, the team lost in the final seconds game 66-65. On Saturday, the team was received at home by fans Colonial Life Arena.
Friday night’s game was the team’s third time reaching the Final Four in the history of the program – the first in 2016 and the second in 2017, when the team won the national championship. And while the NCAA tournament was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus, the Gamecocks were highly favored to win the title last year.
So, in celebration of a great season and great achievements, let’s take a look at some of the awards collected by the team this year:
- The team It won the SEC tournament.
- Head coach Dawn Staley famous your 500th career win in the first game of the NCAA Tournament.
- Aliyah Boston was called one Naismith Best Player of the Year Finalist.
- Aliyah Boston Was selected as a First All-American Team.
- Zia Cooke and Aliyah Boston were selected as All-SEC First Team members.
- Aliyah Boston was called The SEC co-defensive player of the year.
- Aliyah Boston It won The Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award.
- Zia Cooke was called a Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Finalist.