Miles Chosen as 2025-26 Big 12 Athlete of the Year
7/23/2026 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Becomes the first TCU woman to win the award
FORT WORTH – Olivia Miles is the consensus class of her conference, as the former TCU standout was named the 2025-26 Big 12 Women's Athlete of the Year.
Earlier in July, Miles was selected as the recipient of the fourth annual Bob Bowlsby Award, the conference's most prestigious individual honor as established by the Big 12 Board of Directors.
Miles is the first TCU woman to be chosen as Big 12 Athlete of the Year, which was incepted in 1996-97 following the league's inaugural season, and only the second Horned Frog student-athlete overall. Former TCU quarterback Max Duggan received the recognition in 2022-23.
TCU became the first institution to produce both the Bowlsby Award recipient and Big 12 Athlete of the Year in multiple seasons with Miles' honor. Duggan claimed both accolades in his final year as the Frogs' signal caller.
Adding to the rarity of Miles' accomplishment, she is also the first female student-athlete to sweep both awards and one of just three overall alongside Duggan and Colorado's Travis Hunter (2024-25).
All Big 12 institutions nominated one student-athlete of any classification who competed during the 2025-26 school year. The winners were determined by a 16-member media panel, with each school represented by one voter. AJ Dybantsa of BYU men's basketball was the co-honoree alongside Miles.
Miles snagged every major individual award open to a Big 12 basketball player in her lone season in the league. She was cited as both conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year and was a unanimous All-Big 12 first team choice. The Phillipsburg, New Jersey native then garnered consensus All-American recognition, including a first team nod from The Athletic while leading TCU to a repeat run to the Elite Eight and second straight undisputed Big 12 regular season championship.
The Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year award finalist recorded six triple-doubles, which were the most in a season and career by a Big 12 player, during the 2025-26 season. She closed out the year as the only player in the country to net at least 600 points, 200 rebounds, 200 assists and 50 steals while becoming one of only four college women's basketball players to reach 2,000 career points, 800 rebounds and 800 assists.
Miles averaged 19.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 49 percent from the field, becoming the first player in NCAA history to post the stat line in a season. She broke TCU's single-season program records for assist per game average, points scored (744), and assists (252) as well as single-game assists (14).
The No. 2 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx, Miles is averaging 19.6 points and six assists per game in her rookie campaign. She has scored 20-or-more points on 11 occasions while steering the Lynx to a league-leading 21-6 overall record. Miles, who became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 350 points and 100 assists, is set to start the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday. She is the only rookie to achieve the feat and one of only 10 first-year players in league history to do so.
Earlier in July, Miles was selected as the recipient of the fourth annual Bob Bowlsby Award, the conference's most prestigious individual honor as established by the Big 12 Board of Directors.
Miles is the first TCU woman to be chosen as Big 12 Athlete of the Year, which was incepted in 1996-97 following the league's inaugural season, and only the second Horned Frog student-athlete overall. Former TCU quarterback Max Duggan received the recognition in 2022-23.
TCU became the first institution to produce both the Bowlsby Award recipient and Big 12 Athlete of the Year in multiple seasons with Miles' honor. Duggan claimed both accolades in his final year as the Frogs' signal caller.
Adding to the rarity of Miles' accomplishment, she is also the first female student-athlete to sweep both awards and one of just three overall alongside Duggan and Colorado's Travis Hunter (2024-25).
All Big 12 institutions nominated one student-athlete of any classification who competed during the 2025-26 school year. The winners were determined by a 16-member media panel, with each school represented by one voter. AJ Dybantsa of BYU men's basketball was the co-honoree alongside Miles.
Miles snagged every major individual award open to a Big 12 basketball player in her lone season in the league. She was cited as both conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year and was a unanimous All-Big 12 first team choice. The Phillipsburg, New Jersey native then garnered consensus All-American recognition, including a first team nod from The Athletic while leading TCU to a repeat run to the Elite Eight and second straight undisputed Big 12 regular season championship.
The Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year award finalist recorded six triple-doubles, which were the most in a season and career by a Big 12 player, during the 2025-26 season. She closed out the year as the only player in the country to net at least 600 points, 200 rebounds, 200 assists and 50 steals while becoming one of only four college women's basketball players to reach 2,000 career points, 800 rebounds and 800 assists.
Miles averaged 19.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 49 percent from the field, becoming the first player in NCAA history to post the stat line in a season. She broke TCU's single-season program records for assist per game average, points scored (744), and assists (252) as well as single-game assists (14).
The No. 2 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx, Miles is averaging 19.6 points and six assists per game in her rookie campaign. She has scored 20-or-more points on 11 occasions while steering the Lynx to a league-leading 21-6 overall record. Miles, who became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 350 points and 100 assists, is set to start the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday. She is the only rookie to achieve the feat and one of only 10 first-year players in league history to do so.
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