The Washington Huskies‘ women’s programs were awarded with the inaugural Allstate Big Ten Women’s Championship on Wednesday following a stellar 2025-26 campaign.
Led by Big Ten championships in women’s soccer, which made it to the Elite Eight under coach Nicole Van Dyke, and women’s rowing, the Huskies scored 113.2 points per the conference’s scoring system, beating out UCLA, Michigan, USC, and Ohio State for the title.
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“Winning is in the DNA of Washington. Having success across the board is something that’s critically important to us,” athletic director Pat Chun said in a press release.
“We take an extraordinary amount of pride in winning this Allstate Women’s Championship award, and being the inaugural winners, especially because the Big Ten conference is so difficult across the board in all sports. This is a league that historically has prioritized women’s sports and is at the current peak of women’s college sports, and for us to be able to win this, it’s really hard to articulate but we take an immense amount of pride in winning this. All of our teams will celebrate this, the way our department is wired, this is really a statement about everybody at UW.”
Across the board, the women of Washington impressed on a national level. The track and field team won three national championships across the indoor and outdoor seasons, with pole vaulters Hana and Amanda Moll capturing the indoor and outdoor titles, respectively, while Sofia Cosculluela won the program’s first-ever heptathlon national title.
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Coach Tina Langley also led a resurgence on the basketball court, as the Huskies won their first NCAA Tournament game since 2017, led by All-Big Ten First Team honoree Sayvia Sellers, All-Big Ten honorable mention Avery Howell, and All-Big Ten Freshman Team honoree Brynn McGaughy.
Moving forward, several of Washington’s women’s programs have established themselves among the nation’s best and should make the Huskies an annual contender for the trophy.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Washington Huskies win inaugural Big Ten Women’s Championship
