Those who create all-defensive teams and crown defensive players of the year love steals and blocks. Leading the Pac-12 in steals with 2.6 per game has landed Arizona’s Helena Pueyo on the Naismith Women’s College Defensive Player of the Year watch list.
Pueyo is one of 15 players named to the list, three of whom come from the Pac-12. Cameron Brink of Stanford and Rayah Marshall of USC join her.
Pueyo is one of four Wildcats to place in the top six in the Pac-12 for steals per game.