COURTNEY VANDERSLOOT

Prior to a key win over Portland on Feb. 11, Courtney Vandersloot’s No. 21 joined the recognized numbers in the McCarthey Athletic Center. In the 2011 WNBA Draft, Vandersloot became the first Bulldog player in school history to be drafted in the first round of the WNBA, as she was the third overall pick, taken by the Chicago Sky.

Vandersloot, the three-time West Coast Conference Player of the Year, was named to the Associated Press All-America Team second-team and State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball team, and USBWA All-America, was named the Nancy Lieberman Award winner as the top point guard in the nation, and was the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winner during her time as a Zag.

She capped her GU career by leading the Zags to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, the West Coast Conference Tournament and regular season titles and a 31-5 record in 2010-11. She earned numerous All-America accolades, was the nation’s top player 5-foot-8 and under, was named the WCC Player of the Year and also was named to the NCAA Tournament All-Spokane Regional Team.

Vandersloot led the nation in assists per game in 2009-10 and 2010-11. She broke the NCAA single-season assist record with 367 in her senior season. She is also the first NCAA Division I player, male or female, to amass career totals of 2,000 points and 1,000 assists.

At Gonzaga, Vandersloot earned the John R. Wooden Award AllAmerica and Associated Press All-America honorable mention. During her college career, she was the only women’s player in West Coast Conference history to be named the conference’s player of the year three times and also the only player to be named MVP of the WCC Women’s Tournament three times.