Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament

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Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport Basketball
Conference Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played2011–present
Current champion Central Washington (1st)
Most championships Alaska Anchorage (6)
Official website GNAC women's basketball

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual women's basketball championship tournament for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2011. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. [1]

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The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

Results

YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue
2011 Alaska Anchorage 68–67 Western Washington Kaitlin McBride (Alaska Anchorage)Sam Carver Gymnasium (Bellingham, WA)
2012Alaska Anchorage67–52Western WashingtonHaley Holmstead (Alaska Anchorage)Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2013Western Washington60–40 Simon Fraser Trishi Williams (Western Washington)Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2014Western Washington78–74Simon FraserJenni White (Western Washington)Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2015Alaska Anchorage71–58Western WashingtonKiki Robertson (Alaska Anchorage)Alterowitz Gymnasium (Billings, MT)
2016Alaska Anchorage77–57 Montana State Billings Kiki Robertson (Alaska Anchorage)Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2017Alaska Anchorage79–70Western WashingtonAutummn Williams (Alaska Anchorage)Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2018Montana State Billings71–61 Seattle Pacific Alisha Breen (Montana State Billings) Alaska Airlines Center (Anchorage, AK)
2019 Northwest Nazarene 70–64Alaska AnchorageEllie Logan (Northwest Nazarene)Sam Carver Gymnasium (Bellingham, WA)
2020Alaska Anchorage89–68Western WashingtonSafiyyah Yasin (Alaska Anchorage)Royal Brougham Pavilion (Seattle, WA)
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Central Washington 57–46Western WashingtonSamantha Bowman (Central Washington)Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA)
2023 Western Washington 76-71Montana State BillingsBrooke Walling (Western Washington)Carver Gym (Bellingham, WA)

Championship records

SchoolFinals RecordFinals AppearancesYears
Alaska Anchorage 6–172011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
Western Washington 3–692013, 2014, 2023
Montana State Billings 1–232018
Central Washington 1–012022
Northwest Nazarene 1–012019
Simon Fraser 0–22
Seattle Pacific 0–11

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References

  1. "GNAC Men's Basketball Tournament History" (PDF). Year-by-year records. GNAC. 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.