WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Washington junior guard Giuliana Mendiola, who averaged 17.3 points per game and led the conference in assists, was named the 2002-03 Pacific-10 women's basketball player of the year Thursday in a vote of the conference's coaches.

Arizona's Shawntinice Polk was selected as Pac-10 freshman of the year and Tara VanDerveer of Stanford was named the conference's coach of the year.

Mendiola led Washington to a 21-6 record, including a 13-5 conference record. She is the first Husky player to earn player-of-the-year honors.

A look at the all-league teams and other honors:

All-Pac-10 team
Nikki Blue, UCLA; Leilani Estavan, Oregon State; Michelle Greco*, UCLA; Ebony Hoffman*, Southern Cal; Giuliana Mendiola*, Washington; Loree Payne*, Washington; Shawntinice Polk, Arizona; Nicole Powell**, Stanford; Kelley Suminiski, Stanford; Dee-Dee Wheeler, Arizona.
* Two-time All-Pac-10 honoree; ** three-time All-Pac-10 honoree

Honorable mention (received votes): Carrie Buckner, Arizona State; Hollye Chapman, Oregon State; Rometra Craig, Southern Cal; Alissa Edwards, Oregon; Carolyn Ganes, Oregon; Cathrine Kraayeveld, Oregon; Andrea Lalum, Washington; Bianca McCall, Washington State.

Pac-10 All-Freshman team: Nikki Blue, UCLA; Denson, Arizona State; Carolyn Ganes, Oregon; Jill Noe, Arizona State; Shawntinice Polk, Arizona.

Player of the Year: Giuliana Mendiola, Washington
Freshman of the Year: Shawntinice Polk
Coach of the Year: Tara VanDerveer, Stanford