NEW YORK – Butler guard Jessica Carrothers was selected to the 2023 BIG EAST All Freshman Team on the eve of the Women's Basketball Tournament presented by JEEP. Carrothers is the fourth Bulldog to earn the honor since Butler joined the BIG EAST. She averaged 7.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.2 steals per game this season.  
 
Carrothers played in 24 games for Butler during the regular season, making 18 starts. She scored a season-high 18 points vs. Illinois (12/11) and recently pulled down a season-high nine rebounds vs. Georgetown (2/15). Her season-high assist total also came against the Hoyas (6).
 
Carrothers jumped into the starting lineup for the first time vs. Binghamton (11/26). She started in six-straight games before missing time with injury and then would return to the starting lineup for the rest of the season on Jan. 14.
 
Carrothers ranks 11th in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (47.8) and was able to score in double figures seven times this season. She recorded more assists than turnovers in 18 games and had multiple steals in eight contests.
 
Villanova's Maddy Siegrist was unanimously voted the BIG EAST Player of the Year, becoming the seventh player in league history to claim multiple Player of the Year honors after earning the recognition in 2022. St. John's Joe Tartamella was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year, while Georgetown's Kennedy Fauntleroy was the unanimous pick for BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. Major awards and All-BIG EAST Teams were selected by a vote of the league's head coaches who were not allowed to vote for themselves or their own players.
 
Additional major award winners include: BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Nika Mühl of Connecticut; Most Improved Player Aaliyah Edwards of UConn; Georgetown's Graceann Bennett as the Sportsmanship Award winner; and Unique Drake of St. John's as Sixth-Woman of the Year. A 10-member All-BIG EAST First Team, a five-member Second Team, four Honorable Mentions and a five-member All-Freshman Team were also selected.
 
The five-member BIG EAST All-Freshman Team saw Fauntleroy and Marquette's Emily La Chapell unanimously selected. Butler's Jessica Carrothers, Marquette's Mackenzie Hare and Xavier's Fernanda Ovalle were also voted to the All-Freshman squad.
 
Player of the Year 
Maddy Siegrist Villanova, Sr., F*
 
Coach of the Year
Joe Tartamella, St. John's
 
Freshman of the Year
Kennedy Fauntleroy, Georgetown, Fr., G*
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Nika Mühl, Connecticut, Jr., G
 
Most Improved Player
Aaliyah Edwards, Connecticut, Jr., F
 
Sportsmanship Award
Graceann Bennett, Georgetown, Sr., F
 
Sixth-Woman of the Year
Unique Drake, St. John's, Sr., G
 
All-BIG EAST First Team
Aaliyah Edwards, Connecticut, Jr., F*
Lou Lopez Senechal, Connecticut, Grad., G/F*
Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Jr., G
Morgan Maly, Creighton, Jr., G/F
Aneesah Morrow, DePaul, So., F*
Jordan King, Marquette, Sr., G*
Chloe Marotta, Marquette, Sr., F
Jayla Everett, St. John's, R-Sr., G*
Lauren Park-Lane, Seton Hall, Sr., G*
Maddy Siegrist Villanova, Sr., F*
 
All-BIG EAST Second Team
Dorka Juhász, Connecticut, Grad., F
Nika Mühl, Connecticut, Jr., G
Darrione Rogers, DePaul, Jr., G
Sidney Cooks, Seton Hall, Grad., F/C
Lucy Olsen, Villanova, So., G
 
Honorable Mention
Aubrey Griffin, Connecticut, R-Jr., F
Emma Ronsiek, Creighton, Jr. F
Kelsey Ransom, Georgetown, Jr., G
Kadaja Bailey, St. John's, R-Sr., G
 
All-Freshman Team
Jessica Carrothers, Butler, Fr., G
Kennedy Fauntleroy, Georgetown, Fr., G*
Mackenzie Hare, Marquette, Fr., G
Emily La Chapell, Marquette, Fr., G*
Fernanda Ovalle, Xavier, Fr., G
*unanimous selection