North Carolina State University Athletics
10/29/2026 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
ROSWELL, Ga. – NC State women's basketball seniors Zoe Brooks and Khamil Pierre have been named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Clip Thursday. The tandem includes two of 50 NCAA women's DI players who have landed on the preseason watch list.
Brooks and Pierre were both on the preseason list last season and Pierre was named on the late-season watch list as well.
Brooks was named to the 10-person All-ACC Preseason Team and named to the Nancy Lieberman Preseason Top 20 Watch List. She registered 16.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game as a junior, all career highs. Brooks finished the season second in free throw percentage (.868), seventh in assists per game, eighth in scoring and 11th in field goal percentage (.437) and steals per game in the ACC. Her 138 free throws ranked No. 4 in school history and No. 5 in free throw percentage.
The Plainfield, New Jersey, native registered 26 double-digit scoring games, three double-digit rebounding games, two double-doubles and 16 5+ assists contests. She surpassed 1,000 career points to become the 41st member of the 1K club at NC State, and enters her senior season at No. 10 in assists (388), No. 12 in free throws made (309) and No. 27 in career points (1,321).
Pierre was also named to the All-ACC Preseason Team. She led the team with 16.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game while shooting 52.5 percent from the field. Pierre logged 22 double-doubles and 381 rebounds, both ranking second in a single season in program history. Pierre led the ACC in rebounds and double-doubles and was fifth in scoring and sixth in field goal percentage. She ranked third nationally in double-doubles and seventh in rebounding average.
The Phoenix native recorded 30 double-digit scoring games, finishing the season with 27 consecutive games scoring at least 10 points, the second-longest streak by a Wolfpack player this century. Pierre also recorded nine 20-point games and 23 double-digit rebounding contests. She surpassed 1,000 career points last season and is entering her senior season with 1,481 points, 864 rebounds, 160 steals and 43 double-doubles.
The watch list will be cut down to 30 players in mid-February and the semifinalists will announced after. The finalists will be named during the Women's Final Four.
The Wolfpack will open the season against Wofford on Monday, Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. at Reynolds Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.
