SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The Portland Pilots were picked to finish fourth in the annual West Coast Conference Preseason poll, with Dyani Ananiev being named to the WCC Preseason Team.
This is the first time Ananiev has earned any sort of All-WCC Preseason honors. Ananiev played in just 10 games last year, averaging 7.4 points and 1.8 steals off the bench before dealing with an injury. The Australian guard was stellar her freshman season, playing 34 games and leading the team in 3-point percentage (.360). She was first Pilot to make the All-WCC Freshman Team since 2021-22 and put up the highest scoring average of any Pilot freshman since Alex Fowler in the 2019-20 season at 8.