Lady Griz announce annual award winners

The Montana women's basketball program announced its annual team awards this week following the 2025-26 season.

Mack Konig, Macy Donarski, Aby Shubert and Draya Wacker earned the program's six annual awards, most of which have been handed out to deserving Lady Griz since the early 80s.

Konig was voted the Mary Louise Pope Zimmerman Most Valuable Player for the third time, while Shubert was named the Shannon Green Most Inspirational Player.

Donarski and Wacker both received two awards.

Donarski was voted both the Julie Deming Outstanding Defensive Player and the winner of the Theresa Rhoads Award for best representing Lady Griz Basketball.

Wacker was named the Grace Geil Most Improved Player and the winner of the Iron Lady Griz Award for her dedication to the strength and conditioning side of her game.

Konig joins elite company as one of only three players in program history to be named Most Valuable Player three or more times. Shannon Cate was a three-time winner, Mandy Morales a four-time winner.

Konig was voted co-MVP with Gina Marxen in 2023-24 and was the outright MVP as a junior and senior.

Konig was on a historic scoring pace as a senior, averaging 17.4 points through the season's first 13 games, with back-to-back outings of 35 and 27 points against Tarleton State and Northern Arizona.

An untimely injury sidelined her for seven games in January and she ended the season with a team-best scoring average of 14.3, Montana's highest since 2015-16.

She ended her career ranking 12th in program history in scoring (1,336) and 11th in assists (418). Her 147 3-pointers are the seventh-most in program history.

Shubert, who has never encountered a situation she can't improve with her bubbly personality, joins a long list of Lady Griz who have made their teams better over the years simply by being themselves.

She played in all 31 games last season, making 30 starts. She took 172 of her 207 shots on the season from the 3-point line, making 55, the third-highest total for Montana over the last decade.

Donarski played in 30 games and made 29 starts, and made some huge defensive plays in late-game situations in some of Montana's tightest wins.

In Montana's one-point win at Weber State, her steal of an inbounds pass with less than a minute remaining allowed the Lady Griz to hold on to their lead and win their second straight game.

In Montana's 55-53 win at Portland State, she forced a turnover in a tie game with less than 10 seconds to go, allowing Avery Waddington to score the game-winner at the buzzer.

In Montana's one-point win over Northern Arizona at the Big Sky Championship, her heady foul in the closing seconds took valuable time off the clock, forcing a rushed Lumberjacks shot at the buzzer.

She earned her degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders last weekend, concluding the undergraduate portion of her schooling after just three years on campus.

Wacker's collegiate career got off to a less-than-ideal start when she missed both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons with a knee injury.

She played in 17 games in 2024-25, totaling 28 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists before putting up the best numbers of her career in 2025-26.

Playing in all 31 games and getting one start in her fourth year, she averaged 4.9 points and 3.2 rebounds while finishing fourth on the team in assists with 39.

Wacker improved even within the 2025-26 season. Her six career games with 10 or more points all came after Jan. 1 and she had 11 rebounds in Montana's home win over Portland State.

University of Montana Athletics

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