The Great American Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual conference basketball championship tournament for the Great American Conference.
The tournament has been held annually since 2012, one year after the conference was initially founded. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Southwestern Oklahoma State has won the most tournaments with four.
Results
YearChampionsScoreRunner-upMVPVenue2012Southwestern Oklahoma State69–58HardingDarcie Dick,Southwestern Oklahoma StateBruin Fieldhouse(Bartlesville, OK)2013Arkansas Tech70–66(OT)Southwestern Oklahoma StateJessica Weatherford,Arkansas Tech2014Southwestern Oklahoma State (2)78–74HardingMichelle Fisher,Southwestern Oklahoma State2015Harding68–50Arkansas TechSydney Layrock,Harding2016Arkansas Tech (2)106–85Southwestern Oklahoma StateFatima Adams,Arkansas Tech2017Harding (2)75–73Arkansas TechSydnie Jones,Harding2018Arkansas Tech (3)63–62HardingCheyenne North,Arkansas Tech2019Southwestern Oklahoma State (3)87–66Arkansas TechBethany Franks,Southwestern Oklahoma State2020Southeastern Oklahoma State71–52Arkansas–MonticelloKamryn Cantwell,Southeastern Oklahoma State2021Southern Nazarene58–56Southeastern Oklahoma StateCassandra Awatt,Southern NazareneSawyer Center(Bethany, OK)2022Southwestern Oklahoma State (4)89–68Arkansas TechMakyra Tramble,Southwestern Oklahoma StateFireLake Arena(Shawnee, OK)2023Southern Nazarene (2)57–46HardingHannah Giddey,Southern Nazarene2024Henderson State71–55Southwestern Oklahoma StateAshley Farrar,Henderson State2025Harding (3)69–52Southeastern Oklahoma StateSage Hawley,HardingNorthside Grizzly Arena((Fort Smith, AR)2026Northwestern Oklahoma State71–64Southeastern Oklahoma StateKira Bass,Northwestern Oklahoma State
Championship records SchoolFinalsAppearancesFinalsRecordYearsSouthwestern Oklahoma State74–32012, 2014, 2019, 2022Harding73–42015, 2017, 2025Arkansas Tech73–42013, 2016, 2018Southern Nazarene22–02021, 2023Southeastern Oklahoma State41–32020Northwestern Oklahoma State11–02026Henderson State11–02024Arkansas–Monticello10–1 East Central, , Oklahoma Baptist, Ouachita Baptist, and Southern Arkansas have not yet reached the tournament final.
See also Great American Conference men's basketball tournament NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
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