SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Senior guard Myah Pace has been named to the All-WCC preseason team, the conference announced on Tuesday.
 
Pace is one of three returning starters for the Toreros, after coming off a record-breaking junior season. The Oakland, Calif. native broke the all-time single season steals record in 2019-20 with 92 takeaways on the year and helped establish San Diego as a defensive powerhouse. The Toreros finished the year among the best in NCAA Division I ranked in the top 25 in steals, steals per game, turnover margin and turnovers forced.
 
Pace also led USD on the offensive side of the ball averaging 11.9 points per game with 20 double-digit performances, including in the 2020 WCC Tournament Championship game.
 
San Diego was picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll behind Gonzaga, BYU and Portland. The Toreros finished the 2019-20 campaign ranked second in the WCC after garnering an 11-game improvement from the 2018-19 season.
 
The complete preseason poll and all-conference team are as follows:
 
2020-21 WCC Preseason Women's Basketball Coaches Poll

Team (First Place Vote)		Pts.
1. Gonzaga	(7)	79
2. BYU	(2)	73
3. Portland	(1)	64
4. San Diego		53
5. Saint Mary's		44
6. Pacific		42
7. Pepperdine		28
8. LMU		25
9. Santa Clara		22
10. San Francisco		20

 
2020-21 All-WCC Preseason Women's Basketball Team

Name	Year	Pos.	Institution
Haylee Andrews	Jr.	G	Portland
Alex Fowler	So.	F	Portland
Shaylee Gonzales	So.	G	BYU
Sara Hamson	Sr.	C	BYU
Valerie Higgins	Sr.	G	Pacific
Paisley Johnson Harding	Sr.	G	BYU
Brooklyn McDavid	Sr.	F	Pacific
Myah Pace	Sr.	G	San Diego
Sam Simons	Jr.	G	Saint Mary's
Jill Townsend	Sr.	G	Gonzaga
Jenn Wirth	Sr.	F	Gonzaga