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Ionescu, Graves Earn Pac-12 Yearly Honors

EUGENE, Ore. - Junior Sabrina Ionescu was named Pac-12 player of the year and head coach Kelly Graves was selected Pac-12 Coach of the Year, the conference announced on Tuesday evening during its awards show.

Ionescu earned the honor for the second straight season, becoming the seventh player in Pac-12 history to be named player of the year in back-to-back seasons. She joins Jennifer Azzi (1989, 1990), Val Whiting (1992, 1993), Tanja Kostic (1995, 1996), Kate Starbird (1996, 1997), Candice Wiggins (2005, 2006) and Chiney Ogwumike (2012, 2013).

Ionescu is the first in Oregon history to be named Pac-12 player of the year twice.