TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University head women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne and junior forward Sophie Brunner were both recognized by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), which announced its regional postseason awards on Wednesday.
Turner Thorne and UCLA head coach Cori Close were both named the Region 5 Coaches of the Year while Brunner was named to the All-Region Team. Brunner was one of 52 players named to the five All-Region teams from which the 10-member WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team Coaches’ All-America Team will be selected.
Turner Thorne, who was named the John R Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year last month, was honored by her WBCA peers for a season in which she led ASU to its first regular season Pac-12 title since 2001 and a No.