The following is a press release from Iowa State Athletics Communications:
AMES, Iowa – Once again, Iowa State’s Ashley Joens is being recognized among the nation’s best as the Cyclone senior has landed a spot on the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s Late Season Top 20, announced Monday evening. Joens has gone 3-for-3 so far this season on the Wooden Award watch lists, making the initial Watch List in November and the Midseason Top 25 Watch List announced at the start of January.
From Iowa City, Joens has been outstanding for the Cyclones once again, leading the Big 12 and ranking nationally at 20.2 points per game. She has been in double figures of 18-of-19 games, over 20 points nine times and has a pair of 30-point games, the latest being her 32-point outing in the win over then-No. 14 Oklahoma on Saturday. Joens also has nine double-doubles on the season.
A fifth-year senior who has started in all 145 games she has played for the Cyclones in her career, Joens has cleaned out the Iowa State record books, sitting as ISU’s career leader in games played, games started, points, scoring average, rebounds, double-doubles, field goals made and attempted, 3-pointers made and attempted and free throws made and attempted. Her 2,752 career points is the active leader among all NCAA women’s basketball players across all divisions and is 31st all-time for NCAA Division I.
Joens has racked up the honors this season, having earned Big 12 Player of the Week twice to bring her career total to 12, ranked tied for second in Big 12 history. Prior to the season, Joens was named to the Preseason Associated Press All-America Team, the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team, the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Watch List, the Wade Trophy “Wade Watch” and the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List.
Joens entered the season as the two-time defending winner of the Cheryl Miller Award, a WBCA All-American and an AP and USBWA Second Team All-American in 2021-22, an honorable mention All-American through the AP, USBWA and WBCA the past two seasons and a three-time unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection.
Joens and the No. 12 Cyclones resume action at Kansas State on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on Big 12 Now.
