BTN.com staff, February 27, 2012

The 2011-12 All-Big Ten Women's Basketball Teams were announced live on BTN on Monday night. Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis, Minnesota's Rachel Banham and Penn State's Coquese Washington were named player of the year, freshman of the year and coach of the year, respectively, by both the coaches and media. Prahalis was the lone unanimous choice on both first teams, as well. Watch our interview with Prahalis now.

Also, in this post, see our interviews with Banham and Washington and check out all the teams and award winners.

2011-12 All-Big Ten Women's Basketball – Coaches
FIRST TEAM
 SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM
Jordan Hooper, Nebraska Morgan Johnson, Iowa Karisma Penn, Illinois
Tayler Hill, Ohio State Porsche Poole, Michigan State Jaime Printy, Iowa
SAMANTHA PRAHALIS, Ohio State Rachel Banham, Minnesota Kamille Whalin, Iowa
Alex Bentley, Penn State Lindsey Moore, Nebraska Lykendra Johnson, Michigan State
Maggie Lucas, Penn State Brittany Rayburn, Purdue Dannielle Diamant, Northwestern

HONORABLE MENTION: Rachel Sheffer, Michigan; Kiara Buford, Minnesota; Morgan Jones, Northwestern; Nikki Greene, Penn State; Anya Covington, Wisconsin; Taylor Wurtz, Wisconsin.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Amber Stokes, Ohio State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Rachel Banham, Minnesota
SIXTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Adrienne GodBold, Illinois
COACH OF THE YEAR: Coquese Washington, Penn State

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Adrienne GodBold, Illinois
Jenny Ryan, Michigan
Tayler Hill, Ohio State
Amber Stokes, Ohio State
Alex Bentley, Penn State

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Samantha Logic, Iowa
Kiana Johnson, Michigan State
Rachel Banham, Minnesota
Emily Cady, Nebraska
Morgan Jones, Northwestern

2011-12 All-Big Ten Women's Basketball – Media
FIRST TEAM
 SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM
Jordan Hooper, Nebraska Morgan Johnson, Iowa Karisma Penn, Illinois
Tayler Hill, Ohio State Lykendra Johnson, Michigan State Jaime Printy, Iowa
SAMANTHA PRAHALIS, Ohio State Rachel Banham, Minnesota Porsche Poole, Michigan State
Alex Bentley, Penn State Lindsey Moore, Nebraska Nikki Green, Penn State
Maggie Lucas, Penn State Brittany Rayburn, Purdue Taylor Wurtz, Wisconsin

HONORABLE MENTION: Kamille Wahlin, Iowa; Courtney Boylan, Michigan; Jenny Ryan, Michigan; Rachel Sheffer, Michigan; Kiara Buford, Minnesota; Emily Cady, Nebraska; Dannielle Diamant, Northwestern; Kendall Hackney, Northwestern; Ashley Adams, Ohio State; Zhaque Gray, Penn State; Mia Nickson, Penn State; KK Houser, Purdue; Sam Ostarello, Purdue; Anya Covington, Wisconsin.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Rachel Banham, Minnesota
COACH OF THE YEAR: Coquese Washington, Penn State

Here's our Banham interview:

And, of course, Washington: