WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference postseason awards were announced Tuesday by the league office, and Purdue Women's Basketball senior Jeanae Terry garnered Second Team All-Big Ten honors by the conference's coaches.
In her second season at Purdue, Terry earned a spot on the All-Defensive Team from the league's media, who also named her honorable mention.
Abbey Ellis was tabbed All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media for the second straight time.
Terry upgraded her honorable mention nod from last season, after one of the best all-around campaigns in the country this season. The Detroit native tallied 6.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game this season. Terry joined Iowa's Cailtin Clark and Notre Dame's Olivia Miles as the only players in the country to average over six points, rebounds and assists per game. That list dwindled to just Terry and Miles when adding two steals per game.
Terry was the only player in the in the Big Ten to rank among the league's top 10 in rebounds, assists and steals per game this season. The senior finished the season ranked 11th in the nation in total assists (175) and assists per game. She is the only Boilermaker in program history to dish out 170 or more assists in two seasons.
A season after becoming the first player in Purdue history to record multiple triple-doubles, Terry recorded the program's first non-point double-double. She finished the campaign with three of them, including an nine-point, 10-assist, 10-rebound, eight-steal outing against Penn State last week.
Terry ended her regular season ranked fifth in the Big Ten in total rebounds (206) rebounds per game, fourth in total steals (63) and third in steals per game.
Terry's second-team nod was the 24th in program history and first of the Katie Gearlds era. Purdue put a player on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team for the first time since 2020 and 13th time in history.
Ellis earned her second consecutive honorable mention laurel following a season in which she averaged 11.2 points per game, while shooting 46.4% from the field and 35.7% behind the arc in conference play. The Australian international made 42 of her 46 free throw attempts in league action to record the third-best free throw percentage in the conference at 91.3%. She led the conference and was eighth in the nation with a 90.8%.
Cassidy Hardin was named Purdue's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for this season.
Terry, Ellis, Hardin and the Boilermakers will open the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. as the seventh seed against 10th-seeded Wisconsin at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.