SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga women's basketball guard Jill Townsend was selected as a 2020-2021 Senior Class Award First Team All-American on Thursday.
She is the first Zag to be honored with this national award given based on excellence in the community, classroom, character and competition.
This past season, Townsend was a West Coast Conference First Team All-Conference selection. She was also an Associated Press All-American honorable mention.
She led Gonzaga in scoring with 13.5 points per game on 49.6 percent shooting from the floor. She shot 38.8 percent from three-point range.
The senior from Okanogan became the 24th player in program history to score 1,000 career points this season.
Townsend is finishing up her degree with a B.A. in biology. She has also spent nearly 60 hours assisting the Spokane Community while juggling playing D-1 basketball.