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SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time this season captain Mykiaa Minniss was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. Minniss is the first Cougar to earn a weekly award in 2021 and the first since all-american Morgan Weaver earned offensive honors Nov. 5, 2019 and the first defensive award for the Cougs since Brianna Alger earned her second of the season Sept. 24, 2019. It is the second career award for Minniss who earned the award as a freshman in her second week of action in 2018.