Hillmon Named MVP as Wolverines Celebrate 2021-22 Season
4/7/2022 7:30:00 PM
// Sarah VanMetre
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Naz Hillmon was named the Most Valuable Player for the fourth straight season as the University of Michigan women’s basketball team celebrated the 2021-22 campaign on Thursday (April 7) at the U-M Golf Course.
In addition to her MVP honor, Hillmon also won the Leaders and Best Award for accumulating the most practice points throughout the season. In her final season in the Maize and Blue, Hillmon averaged 21.0 points and 9.6 rebounds in 33.5 minutes per game. She shot 57.3 percent from the field and scored in double figures in all but one game. She tallied a Big Ten-high 18 double-doubles throughout the season, including one in all four of Michigan’s NCAA Tournament games. She leaves Michigan as the program leader in rebounds (1,063), double-doubles (52) and free throws made (487) as the only player to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. She is second all-time in scoring with 2,183 points, playing 21 fewer games than all-time leading scorer Katelynn Flaherty (2,776).
Hillmon was named a first-team All-American this season by the WBCA, Associated Press, the USBWA, The Athletic, Sports Illustrated and the Wooden Award. She was a first-team All-Big Ten selection for the fourth straight season and was named to the all-defensive team.
Danielle Rauch earned the Diane Dietz Michigan Way Award, given to honor the student-athlete who best embodies the values and work ethic of a Michigan women’s basketball player, and shared the Academic Excellence award, honoring a senior who achieved on the court and in the classroom who plans to attend graduate school. Rauch was one of two Wolverines to start all 32 games en route to averaging 5.4 points, 4.0…
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