North Carolina State University Athletics
Pierre Selected on Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason Watch List
1/7/2026 6:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Khamil Pierre of the NC State women's basketball team is one of 25 chosen on the 2025-26 John R. Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason Watch List. The award is given to the best women's basketball player in the country.
Pierre leads the Wolfpack in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double of 15.2 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. Her rebound average is fourth in the country, second among Power 4 players, and paces the ACC. She has been a monster on the boards with two 20-rebound games, one of four in the country with a 20+ rebound game. At the Cancun Challenge, she was named the Yucatan Tournament MVP for logging 12 points and a career-high 21 rebounds against Green Bay and followed that up with 18 points and 16 boards vs. Southern Miss. She also logged 19 points and 20 rebounds at No. 9/9 Oklahoma.
Pierre's 21 rebounds vs. Green Bay marked the third most in a game in school history and the eighth most by a player in the NCAA this season. Her eight double-doubles ranks as the eighth most in the country and she is also sixth in field goal percentage (.518) and seventh in scoring (15.2) in the league.
The Phoenix, Arizona native also has 13 double-digit scoring games, nine double-digit rebounding games and four 20-point games. She scored a season-high 23 points and added 13 boards at Davidson and also registered 21 points and 13 boards in her ACC debut at Miami. Pierre was named Ro Greensboro Invitational Most Outstanding Player with 21 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and the go-ahead basket against No. 8/8 Tennessee.
Pierre is a 1,000-point scorer and has accumulated 662 career rebounds in her three-year collegiate career.
The players on this list are considered strong candidates for the 2026 John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year. Players not selected on the list remain eligible for inclusion on the Wooden Award late-season list and National Ballot. The National Ballot will include 15 top players who have demonstrated to their universities they meet or exceed the Wooden Award qualifications. Aziaha James was one of 15 finalists last season.
The Pack will travel to Clemson to face the Tigers on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.
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