CORVALLIS – Senior Mikayla Pivec earned more recognition on Thursday, as the guard was named to the All-Pac-12 Preseason Team.
The five-player team was selected by the conference’s media as part of their preseason poll. As a team, Oregon State was selected to finish third in the conference.
Pivec, who was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List on Wednesday, was an All-Pac-12 selection last season, and a WBCA All-America Finalist. The senior is already among the top nine in Oregon State history for career rebounds, and currently sits 14th in career points. She shot 52.6 percent from the floor last season, the second-highest mark in the Pac-12. Her 9.2 rebounds per game was third-best in the conference.
Pivec tallied 10 double-doubles in her junior campaign, and scored in double-figures in 31 of Oregon State’s 34 contests. She was selected to represent the USA at the Pan American Games last summer in Peru, helping the Stars and Stripes take silver.
The Beavers will host their first exhibition of the season on Sunday, when Union visits Gill Coliseum. Oregon State’s exhibition schedule also features a matchup with Team USA, Nov. 4 at Gill Coliseum. Tickets for that game can be purchased here.
Oregon State is one of the most successful programs in the last decade of the sport. The Beavers have appeared in every WBCA Coaches' Poll since the end of the 2013-14 season. Four returning starters and nine overall letterwinners return from last year's team that went 26-8, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year, and played in the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive season. ESPNW has tabbed the Beavers No. 6 in its “Way Too Early” rankings the 2019-20 season.
The five-player team was selected by the conference’s media as part of their preseason poll. As a team, Oregon State was selected to finish third in the conference.
Pivec, who was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List on Wednesday, was an All-Pac-12 selection last season, and a WBCA All-America Finalist. The senior is already among the top nine in Oregon State history for career rebounds, and currently sits 14th in career points. She shot 52.6 percent from the floor last season, the second-highest mark in the Pac-12. Her 9.2 rebounds per game was third-best in the conference.
Pivec tallied 10 double-doubles in her junior campaign, and scored in double-figures in 31 of Oregon State’s 34 contests. She was selected to represent the USA at the Pan American Games last summer in Peru, helping the Stars and Stripes take silver.
The Beavers will host their first exhibition of the season on Sunday, when Union visits Gill Coliseum. Oregon State’s exhibition schedule also features a matchup with Team USA, Nov. 4 at Gill Coliseum. Tickets for that game can be purchased here.
Oregon State is one of the most successful programs in the last decade of the sport. The Beavers have appeared in every WBCA Coaches' Poll since the end of the 2013-14 season. Four returning starters and nine overall letterwinners return from last year's team that went 26-8, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year, and played in the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive season. ESPNW has tabbed the Beavers No. 6 in its “Way Too Early” rankings the 2019-20 season.
