Oregon State Women's Hoops: Pivec, Slocum Selected as All-American Finalists

CORVALLIS – For the second-straight year, Oregon State’s Mikayla Pivec and Destiny Slocum have both been named as All-America Finalists by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

The duo made up two of the eight players selected from Region 5. The WBCA Selection Committee will select the 10-player All-America Team from the 52 regionals finalists, to be announced April 2.

Pivec has also been selected as an All-America Honorable Mention by both the AP and the USBWA. The senior has been named to the All-Pac-12 team, the Wooden Award Ballot, the Cheryl Miller Award Top-10, and the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team, and is a semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award. The guard was tabbed as the Preseason WNIT MVP and to the All-Tournament Teams for both the Maui Classic and the Miami Thanksgiving Classic.

The guard from Lynnwood, Wash. averaged 14.8 points and 9.3 rebounds per game during her senior season. She set Oregon State’s career rebounding record earlier this month. Pivec finished second in the Pac-12 in rebounding and fifth in the conference in field goal percentage. The guard had 14 double-doubles this season, and is in the top-10 in Oregon State history for career points, rebounds and assists.

For her contributions as a complete student-athlete, Pivec was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. The senior has displayed a passion for community service, especially finding efficient ways to get the homeless access to resources. She is a team captain, and completed her undergraduate degree in three years, majoring in BioHealth Sciences. Pivec is currently a graduate student working toward a degree in Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Slocum is also an All-Pac-12 honoree this season, and has been named to the Lieberman Award Top-10 and the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team. She led the Beavers with 14.9 points per game this season, and had a team-best 150 assists on the year.

Overall, Slocum has 507 assists in her collegiate career, good for 22nd among active player in the nation, and the second- highest total by any non-senior. She has posted four career point-assist double-doubles, and has gone over 20 points 16 times in her two seasons with the Beavers.

A point guard from Meridian, Idaho, Slocum finished ninth in the Pac-12 in scoring and fifth in assists per game. For her efforts off the court, Slocum was an Academic All-District selection. Pivec and Slocum co-founded the Beavs CARE community service organization, which brings athletes from different sports together to engage in community service.

Full List of Finalists:

REGION 1

Name	School
Bella Alarie	Princeton University
Bre Cavanaugh	Fordham University
Elissa Cunane	North Carolina State University
Nicki Ekhomu	Florida State University
Dana Evans	University of Louisville
Kiah Gillespie	Florida State University
Haley Gorecki	Duke University
Stella Johnson	Rider University
Jazmine Jones	University of Louisville
Beatrice Mompremier	University of Miami
Jocelyn Willoughby	University of Virginia

REGION 2

Name	School
Aliyah Boston	University of South Carolina
Jessika Carter	Mississippi State University
Chennedy Carter	Texas A&M University
Rennia Davis	University of Tennessee
Tyasha Harris	University of South Carolina
Rhyne Howard	University of Kentucky
Rickea Jackson	Mississippi State University
Erica Ogwumike	Rice University
Chelsey Perry	University of Tennessee at Martin
Alexis Tolefree	University of Arkansas

REGION 3

Name	School
Brittany Brewer	Texas Tech University
Te’a Cooper	Baylor University
Lauren Cox	Baylor University
Crystal Dangerfield	University of Connecticut
Vivian Gray	Oklahoma State University
Keri Jewett-Giles	Florida Gulf Coast University
Ashley Joens	Iowa State University
Antoinette Miller	University of Cincinnati
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	University of Connecticut
NaLyssa Smith	Baylor University
Ilmar’l Thomas	University of Cincinnati
Megan Walker	University of Connecticut
Christyn Williams	University of Connecticut

REGION 4

Name	School
Grace Berger	Indiana University
Kaila Charles	University of Maryland
Kathleen Doyle	University of Iowa
Arella Guirantes	Rutgers University
Naz HIllmon	University of Michigan
Becca Hittner	Drake University
Dorka Juhasz	Ohio State University
Ali Patberg	Indiana University
Lindsey Pulliam	Northwestern University
Chante Stonewall	DePaul University

REGION 5

Name	School
Ruthy Hebard	University of Oregon
Sabrina Ionescu	University of Oregon
Aari McDonald	University of Arizona
Michaela Onyenwere	University of California – Los Angeles
Mikayla Pivec	Oregon State University
Satou Sabally	University of Oregon
Destiny Slocum	Oregon State University
Kiana Williams	Stanford University