SASKATOON, Sask. - Thursday (Mar. 6) morning, Canada West announced the Major Award winners for the 2024-25 women's basketball season, and for a sixth consecutive season the Huskies are represented among the conferences best. This year, the Huskies captured two major awards, with Gage Grassick becoming the eighth USask student-athlete to be named Player of the Year and Lisa Thomaidis receiving her seventh Coach of the Year nod.

The announcement of the 2024-25 Major Awards comes just a week after two Huskies were named Canada West All-Stars, with Grassick earning First-Team honours while Logan Reider was named to the Second Team. 
 

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2024-25 Canada West Women's Basketball Major Award Winners

Player of the Year: Gage Grassick, Saskatchewan Huskies
Defensive Player of the Year: Claire Signatovich, Alberta Pandas
Rookie of the Year: Keira Daly, UBC Thunderbirds
Courage Overcoming Adversity Award: Kyra Collier, Lethbridge Pronghorns
Student-Athlete Community Service Award: Jade Belmore, Regina Cougars
Coach of the Year: Lisa Thomaidis, Saskatchewan Huskies
 

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Gage Grassick - Canada West Player of the Year

Gage Grassick is the 2025 Canada West Player of the Year following a phenomenal season with the conference's top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies.

The Prince Albert product averaged the second-most points per game in the conference with 18.4 per contest while leading Canada West in assists per game (6.0) and three-point shooting (41.4%).

Surpassing the 20-point mark seven times this season, her most notable performance came on Nov. 9 when she became the 12th player in conference history to record a triple-double with an 18-point, 10-rebound, 11-assist effort in a 92-48 win over the Manitoba Bisons.

She becomes the eighth USask student-athlete to be named the Canada West Women's Basketball Player of the Year, joining Carly Ahlstrom (2022-23), Sabine Dukate (2018-19), Laura Dally (2015-16), Dalyce Emmerson (2013-14), Kim Tulloch (2010-11), and Sarah Crooks (2006-07, 2005-06).
 

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Lisa Thomaidis - Canada West Coach of the Year

For the second consecutive season and seventh time in her impressive career, Lisa Thomaidis has been honoured as Canada West Coach of the Year. The 26-year head coach of the Huskies also won the award in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016, and 2024.

Saskatchewan was nearly unstoppable this season, tying a conference-best record of 18-2 which included an 18-game winning streak. Thanks to the league's most dominant offence and defence, Thomaidis' Huskies entered the 2025 women's basketball playoffs as the No. 1 seed and currently rank second in the nation in the U SPORTS Top 10 rankings.

Seeking her 10th conference title, Thomaidis also became the winningest coach in Canada West women's basketball history this season, surpassing former UBC head coach Deb Huband with her 345th regular season win. 
 

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Grassick and Thomaidis will be back in action on the Ron & Jane Graham Centre Court this Saturday at 5:00 PM when the Huskies host the UBC Thunderbirds in the Canada West Championships.
 

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