The Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual women's basketball championship tournament for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held annually since 2011. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the GNAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.
Results YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue 2011 Alaska Anchorage 68–67 Western Washington Kaitlin McBride (Alaska Anchorage) Sam Carver Gymnasium (Bellingham, WA) 2012 Alaska Anchorage 67–52 Western Washington Haley Holmstead (Alaska Anchorage) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2013 Western Washington 60–40 Simon Fraser Trishi Williams (Western Washington) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2014 Western Washington 78–74 Simon Fraser Jenni White (Western Washington) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2015 Alaska Anchorage 71–58 Western Washington Kiki Robertson (Alaska Anchorage) Alterowitz Gymnasium (Billings, MT) 2016 Alaska Anchorage 77–57 Montana State Billings Kiki Robertson (Alaska Anchorage) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2017 Alaska Anchorage 79–70 Western Washington Autummn Williams (Alaska Anchorage) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2018 Montana State Billings 71–61 Seattle Pacific Alisha Breen (Montana State Billings) Alaska Airlines Center (Anchorage, AK) 2019 Northwest Nazarene 70–64 Alaska Anchorage Ellie Logan (Northwest Nazarene) Sam Carver Gymnasium (Bellingham, WA) 2020 Alaska Anchorage 89–68 Western Washington Safiyyah Yasin (Alaska Anchorage) Royal Brougham Pavilion (Seattle, WA) 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Central Washington 57–46 Western Washington Samantha Bowman (Central Washington) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2023 Western Washington 76-71 Montana State Billings Brooke Walling (Western Washington) Carver Gym (Bellingham, WA) 2024 Western Washington 54–52 Montana State Billings Brooke Walling (Western Washington) Nicholson Pavilion (Ellensburg, WA) 2025 Alaska Anchorage 75–59 Saint Martin's Tori Hollingshead (Alaska Anchorage) Marcus Pavilion (Lacey, WA) 2026 Montana State Billings 67–61 Western Washington Cassie Chesnut (Montana State Billings) Carver Gym (Bellingham, WA)
Championship records School Finals Record Finals Appearances Years Alaska Anchorage 7–1 8 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2025 Western Washington 4–7 11 2013, 2014, 2023, 2024 Montana State Billings 2–3 5 2018, 2026 Central Washington 1–0 1 2022 Northwest Nazarene 1–0 1 2019 Simon Fraser 0–2 2 Saint Martin's 0–1 1 Seattle Pacific 0–1 1 Alaska and Western Oregon have not yet qualified for the finals of the tournament Concordia (OR) never qualified for the tournament finals as a GNAC member
See also Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
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