Kansas’ Brandon Schneider was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year while Holly Kersgieter (First Team), Zakiyah Franklin (Honorable Mention) and Taiyanna Jackson (Honorable Mention; All-Defensive Team) were honored on the 2021-22 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Team, which was announced on Monday.
The All-Big 12 honors were chosen by head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
“I’m proud of our players and very happy that the nine other coaches in our league felt like we had players who performed consistently enough to deserve recognition. We see every individual honor as team recognition because we play a team sport and these awards are a testament to our players and our program.”Brandon Schneider
Schneider highlights the Jayhawks’ list of honorees following a breakthrough campaign. After being picked to finish 10th in the Big 12 this season, Schneider guided his team to a fifth-place finish with an 11-7 record in Big 12 play. At 20-8 on the year, Kansas has 20 wins going into the postseason for the first time since 1999-2000, which is also the last time that KU won 11 Big 12 games. This season, Schneider has earned two National Coach of the Week Awards: from WhoopDirt.com on Feb. 15 and ESPN.com on Feb. 21. This is the fifth career conference coach of the year award for Schneider, who earned three from the MIAA as the head coach at Emporia State (1999, 2001, 2004) and one from the Southland Conference as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin (2015).
