The University of Hawai'i women's basketball team has been picked to finish fifth in the Western Athletic Conference by both the coaches and media.

Senior guard Amy Sanders was selected to the coaches' second-team preseason all-WAC squad. Louisiana Tech was the preseason favorite in both polls while Lady Techster senior Tasha Williams (formerly Crain) was selected as the unanimous Player of the Year.

In the coaches' poll, Louisiana Tech received six of the eight first-place votes. Following Tech were Fresno State, San Jose State, Idaho, Hawai'i and Nevada. Boise State and New Mexico State tied for seventh, followed by Utah State.

Louisiana Tech and San Jose State each featured two players on the first team — Louisiana Tech's Williams and Shan Moore and San Jose's Lamisha Augustine and Amber Jackson. Idaho's Emily Faurholt was also a first-team pick. Tabbed for the second team were Louisiana Tech's Tamika Kursh, Idaho's Leilani Mitchell, Fresno State's Amy Parrish and Mirenda Swearengin, and Sanders.

In the media poll, Tech received all 10 first-place votes and was followed by Fresno State, Idaho, San Jose State, Hawai'i, Nevada, Utah State, Boise State and New Mexico State. The media's all-WAC team consisted of Augustine, Faurholt, Jackson, Parrish, and Williams.