ARLINGTON, Texas – Grand Canyon was chosen for the top spot in the preseason 2024-25 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll for the second straight year. All nine WAC head coaches voted on the predicted order of finish and all-conference awards that was released on Wednesday.

Grand Canyon received four first-place votes and 59 voting points, beating out last year’s WAC Tournament champion California Baptist who also collected four first-place votes and 58 voting points. UT Arlington claimed a first-place vote and 53 points in third place. Abilene Christian and Southern Utah round out the top five, placing fourth and fifth respectively.

Grand Canyon senior guard Trinity San Antonio was named the 2024-25 WAC Preseason Player of the Year. San Antonio posted a .451 (133-295) field goal percentage, a .333 (15-45) 3-point percentage, averaged 11.5 points and 2.3 steals per game, and her efforts on the defensive end landed her on the All-WAC Defensive Team. San Antonio also competed in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics with the Puerto Rico Women’s Basketball National Team.

San Antonio was joined on the preseason all-conference team by teammate graduate student guard Tiarra Brown, UT Arlington’s fifth year forward Avery Brittingham, Abilene Christian’s sophomore guard Payton Hull, and Southern Utah’s graduate student guard Daylani Ballena.
 
2024-25 WAC Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll
 

Rank	Team (1st- Place Votes)	Points
1.	Grand Canyon (4)	59
2.	California Baptist (4)	58
3.	UT Arlington (1)	53
4.	Abilene Christian	37
5.	Southern Utah	33
6.	Tarleton State	28
7.	Utah Tech	24
8.	Utah Valley	17
9.	Seattle U	15

 
2024-25 WAC Preseason Player of the Year
Trinity San Antonio, Sr., G, Grand Canyon

2024-25 Preseason All-WAC Team
Payton Hull, So., G, Abilene Christian
Tiarra Brown, Gr., G/F, Grand Canyon
Trinity San Antonio, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
Daylani Ballena, Gr., G, Southern Utah
Avery Brittingham, Fifth, F, UT Arlington