The Big 12 announced its regular season awards Thursday, and the ISU women’s basketball team was well represented. 

ISU guards Seanna Johnson, Jadda Buckley and Bridget Carleton each had their named called for different awards. 

Johnson highlighted the group, notching All-Big 12 First Team honors. Johnson finished the season with 16.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, which ranked fourth and second in the Big 12, respectively.

The junior was not named to the preseason All-Big 12 team in November, something both Johnson and ISU coach Bill Fennelly felt she was snubbed from. 

“[Johnson] has proved that she’s worthy of whatever she gets,” Fennelly said Wednesday before the awards were announced. “[It’s] not very often you are not mentioned on the preseason team and you make the postseason team.”

Johnson missed two games in the last week while she was in Minnesota with her father, who recently suffered a stroke. She returned Tuesday night to the tune of 21 points and 14 rebounds in Iowa State’s 82-57 loss to West Virginia. 

“It would just show me that I worked hard,” Johnson said about what the award would mean to her. “Like I said it before, it wasn’t all about me. But when you work hard, a little credit isn’t too bad and I feel like it will help me with a little confidence to know I accomplished some things.”

Guard Bridget Carleton was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman team and also grabbed an All-Big 12 honorable mention. 

Carleton was in the running for Big 12 Freshman of the Year, but lost to West Virginia’s Tynice Martin, despite outscoring and out-rebounding her. 

Carleton finished 16th in the Big 12 in scoring, putting up 11.4 points per game, and ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding, pulling down 6.9 per game. 

“She started every game and has had to play a big role as a freshman,” Fennelly said. “Most freshmen don’t have to play that role and eat up the minutes that she’s had to.” 

Carleton finished the season with a 32.8 shooting percentage, which Carleton said she would like to improve going into next season. 

“I started out the Big 12 season pretty strong, and in the last couple of games, I haven’t been happy with how I’ve been playing overall,” Carleton said. “I’ve had the opportunity with those open shots. I just haven’t been knocking them down. It’s something that I want to do, especially for this team.”

Guard Jadda Buckley also earned an All-Big 12 honorable mention after finishing the season second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio, coming in at 1.94. She also ranked third in the Big 12 with 5.76 assists per game.