Posted: Feb 26, 2026

Georgia Gwinnett College’s Christen Collins Earns 2025-26 CAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year Award

Georgia Gwinnett College freshman Christen Collins has been named the Continental Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year for the 2025-26 season.

The postseason honors, selected by voting within league coaches, were announced before the start of this year's postseason CAC championship tournament, starting on Thursday, February 26, and continuing until Sunday, March 1, at Georgia Gwinnett College's Convocation Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Haskell Indian Nations University (Kansas) senior Ivy Fox earned the Newcomer of the Year award. Arkansas Baptist College junior Emani Wofford and Florida National University junior Kaylee Llanos were each named co-Defensive Players of the Year.

Georgia Gwinnett College's Tory Wooley received the Coach of the Year award after leading the Grizzlies to a 19-6 record and the top seed in the postseason event during the program's inaugural season.

Collins led GGC in scoring by averaging 16.6 points per game and having 73 steals. She made 65 3-point field goals and started all 25 games. The guard scored 26 points in victories against nationally ranked Lindsey Wilson University (Kentucky) and CAC-member Haskell Indian Nations.

Fox led the CAC by scoring 18.5 points per contest, including nine 20-point performances. She had 32 points in a season-opening victory against Peru State College (Nebraska) and followed with 31 points against CAC-member Florida National in January.

Wofford led the conference with 94 steals while scoring 17.5 points per outing this season. She had 10 games of five or more steals, with eight steals coming against NCAA Division I Alcorn State University (Mississippi).

Llanos had 81 steals, including three games with seven steals in 2025-26. She averaged 16.1 points per outing and made 35.7 percent of her 3-pointers.

Below are the all-conference teams, sorted alphabetically by school:

2025-26 Continental Athletic Conference Women's Basketball All-Conference Honors

Player of the Year: Christen Collins, Georgia Gwinnett College

Defensive Player of the Year: Emani Wofford, Arkansas Baptist College

Defensive Player of the Year: Kaylee Llanos, Florida National University

Newcomer of the Year: Ivy Fox, Haskell Indian Nations University

Coach of the Year: Tory Wooley, Georgia Gwinnett College

First Team

Emani Wofford, Arkansas Baptist College

Kaylee Llanos, Florida National University

Christen Collins, Georgia Gwinnett College

Jamya Griffin, Georgia Gwinnett College