University of Arizona Athletics

2023 Pac-12 Co-Most Improved Player of the Year
2023 All-Pac-12 Team
2023 Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2023)
ESPN Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2023)
USBWA National Player of the Week (Feb. 21, 2023)

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FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR (2022-23): Pac-12 Co-Most Improved Player of the Year…All-Pac-12 Team…Pac-12 All-Defensive Team…ESPN Player of the Week, USBWA National Player of the Week and Pac-12 Player of the Week on Feb. 20…Led the team in scoring with 13.4 points per game on team-leading 53.7% shooting…Field goal percentage was good for fifth-best in the Pac-12...Fourth in the league in assists-to-turnover ratio at 2.2 and steals per game with 1.8...Led the team in assists with 109…Dropped 35 against Utah for a career high and tie sixth-most points in a single game in program history…Also grabbed eight rebounds against the Utes for a season high…Tied her career high of five steals against Utah…Played 48 minutes in the double-overtime victory at USC, totaling 17 points, seven assists, four steals and five rebounds…Led the team in scoring in eight games and totaled four 20+ point performances…Scored her 1,500th career point in the win over Colorado…Made appearances in 30 games and started in 29 of those…Recorded 77.8% performances on 7-of-9 shooting from the field in two games, the wins over LMU (19 points) and West Virginia (18 points).

SENIOR (2021-22): Represented Canada as member of national team in 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo during summer of 2021… Second on the team in scoring (11.3 ppg) and  assists (2.2 apg) while finishing third in steals (1.48 spg)… Scored Arizona career high of 30 points on two separate occasions during the season, including in win over UNLV in first round of the NCAA Tournament… Set a career high in steals in two games with four… Season high for assists was five in win over CSUN and loss to Stanford… Eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in her career with 20-point outing at UCLA in January… Her 1.48 steals per game was top 15 in Pac-12 Conference… Hit buzzer beater for the Arizona win at Oregon State.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21): Played in all 27 games and started the first three of the season … Had her best game of the season in the National Championship, scoring 15 points with seven rebounds and a season-high three steals … Had a season-high 16 points vs. Idaho (12/23) … Scored in double-figures four times.

JUNIOR (2019-20): Sat out her junior season due to NCAA transfer rules ... Competed for Canada at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament and helped her home country qualify for the Olympics.

BEFORE ARIZONA: A transfer from Oklahoma, Pellington played two seasons in Norman and was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2018. In her two years in Norman, the Pickering, Ontario, Canada native averaged 13.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game on 46% shooting in 25.5 minutes per game. In the summer of 2019, Pellington was named to the Senior Women's Canadian National Team roster that participated in a five-game European exhibition tour in Belgium (June 14-16) and Great Britain (June 18-19). She was one of two collegiate players on the team, which was ranked No. 5 in the world by FIBA. She also represented Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru. During her outstanding freshman season, Pellington was named 2018 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and was a unanimous pick for the All-Freshman Team. She was second on the team at 13.1 points per game to lead all Big 12 freshmen while being named Big 12 Freshman of the Week four times with seven 20-point scoring outings. During the 2018-19 season, she had five games with at least 20 points, including a career-high 33 against Western Kentucky. Pellington finished third on the team in scoring at 13 points per game and was also third on the team in assists.

HIGH SCHOOL: Pellington was ranked as the No. 5 international prospect and the top international guard by ProspectsNation.com. She competed for Canada at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships and also led the Canadian U16 Team to a gold medal at the FIBA Americas Tournament in 2015.