RUSTON, Louisiana – LSU senior guard Khayla Pointer was named the Louisiana Player of the Year Thursday to highlight the 2020-21 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Women's Basketball Team.
The team was voted on by members of the LSWA and sports media relations directors across the state.
LSU's Faustine Aifuwa was named to the All-Louisiana third team.
Pointer edged Nicholls State's Chelsea Cain for the Player of the Year award while Garry Brodhead of UL-Lafayette was the overwhelming selection for Coach of the Year. In the other specialty awards, Tulane's JerKaila Jordan was voted the state Freshman of the Year while Loyola-New Orleans Sandra Cannady was voted the Newcomer of the Year.