LAS VEGAS – The San Diego State women’s basketball team, the Mountain West regular season champions, had three Aztecs honored with the conference’s postseason accolades and head coach Stacie Terry-Hutson was named Coach of the Year.
Nala Williams was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, to the All-Mountain West Team and to the All-Defensive Team. Kaelyn Hamilton earned the Sixth Player of the Year Award and Naomi Panganiban was named to the All-Mountain West Team.
Williams (Long Beach, Calif.) led the Mountain West in assists per game (4.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.41). She shot 46% from the field and 42% from three in conference play and was the only player in the conference to have a game with 10+ assists. She won Mountain West Player of the Week twice and has the best assist-to-turnover ratio by an Aztec in the Mountain West era (since 1999).
Williams had 12 games with 10+ points and eight with five or more assists. She also finished fifth in the conference in steals per game (1.6). Last season at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Williams was named the DII National Player of the Year and the National Defensive Player of the Year.
Williams is the third Aztec to win Mountain West Player of the Year honors, joining Courtney Clements (2011-12) and Chelsea Hopkins (2012-13), and is the first SDSU player to be named to the All-Defensive Team since 2017-18 (McKynzie Fort).
Hamilton (McKinney, Texas) averaged 8.2 points on 55% shooting from the field and 44% from three in just 18.8 minutes per game in conference play. Her 8.2 points per game tied for the second most among players eligible for the Sixth Person of the Year Award. She came on strong in the last month, averaging 10.3 points per game over the last 11 games while setting a new career-high for points three times. Hamilton is the first Aztec to win the Sixth Person of the Year award.
In conference play, Panganiban (San Diego, Calif.) led the Aztecs in scoring with 14.4 points per game, good for fifth in the Mountain West. She scored in double-digits in 15 of SDSU’s 20 games and had three games with 20+ points. She was at her best against the top teams in the league, scoring 20 points in both games against second place UNLV.
Terry-Hutson led the Aztecs to a Mountain West record 19 wins and won the conference’s regular season championship. In the 2025-26 season, the Aztecs have already set a school record for three-pointers, are on pace to break their previous best mark for fewest turnovers per game and are averaging their most points per game in over 30 years.
In conference play, SDSU led the Mountain West in nearly every offensive efficiency stat including points per game (71.0), field goal% (45.6%), three-point% (38.7%), three-pointers per game (8.6), assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.09) and scoring margin (+12.65).
On the other side of the ball, SDSU held opponents to 58.4 points per game, 37.6% shooting and brought down defensive rebounds (28.5/game). The Aztecs ranked second in the conference in all three stats.
Terry-Hutson has led the Aztecs to back-to-back 25-win seasons while securing the 2025 Mountain West Tournament championship and the 2026 regular season championship. SDSU is one of four teams in the nation to have one or less loss at home and on the road, joining national powerhouses UConn, UCLA and South Carolina.
All SDSU’s success comes with a roster that features a program record seven newcomers, zero returning upperclassmen and six sophomores in the rotation.
The Aztecs begin the Mountain West Tournament Sunday at noon when they play the winner of No. 8 Wyoming and No. 9 Air Force in the quarterfinals.