EUGENE — Maite Cazorla is a lot more than just a face in the crowd.

But sometimes No. 6 Oregon’s steady point guard gets overshadowed by all of the star power on the roster.

Sabrina Ionescu was voted the Pac-12 player of the year by the coaches and said during a television interview she thought teammate Ruthy Hebard was going to win the award.

Satou Sabally also appeared on the Pac-12 Networks live awards show Tuesday night to talk about being honored as the conference freshman of the year. Lexi Bando commands her share of the spotlight as a local legend and one of the nation’s best three-point shooters.

Coach Kelly Graves was thrilled his peers included Cazorla on the all-Pac-12 team, along with sophomores Ionescu and Hebard.

“Ruthy and Sabrina were no-brainers. I am really glad the coaches recognized Maite because she’s earned it,” Graves said. “Without her we’d be in big trouble. Sabrina is our best player, Ruthy is our most dominant player, but Maite is our most important player.”

Graves thought the Ducks were in big trouble Jan. 26 when Cazorla suffered what was initially diagnosed as a fractured hand during a 74-55 win at Colorado. An MRI taken that night at a Boulder hospital came back negative.

Cazorla returned to the starting lineup less than 48 hours later and scored 21 points on 8-for-11 shooting to lead the Ducks to an 84-68 win at Utah.

Top-seeded Oregon (27-4) will play No. 9 Colorado in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals on Friday at KeyArena in Seattle (11:30 a.m., Pac-12 Networks).

“It was a scary moment, but nothing was wrong with my hand,” Cazorla said before Wednesday’s practice. “So I have just tried to enjoy the moment and give everything I have.”

Cazorla scored 24 points on 8-for-12 shooting before leaving the Ducks’ dramatic overtime win over UCLA with leg cramps. The junior from Spain regained the bounce in her quick first step during the rare road sweep of the Arizona schools, averaging 13.5 points, 3.5 assists and 35.0 minutes to help Oregon clinch its first conference title since the 1999-2000 season.

“It was hard,” Cazorla said of winning three games in six days to capture the Pac-12 championship. “For sure we were tired, but that’s not an excuse.”

Cazorla, who averaged 11.1 points and 5.1 assists this season, started all 101 games of her Oregon career.

As a true freshman, Cazorla led the Pac-12 in assists and led the team to the WNIT semifinals after Jillian Alleyne suffered a knee injury. Last season, she was a key cog in the Ducks’ first-ever Sweet 16 and Elite Eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

Cazorla’s ability to handle the ball and defend the best guard on the opposing team has taken some of the pressure off Ionescu’s shoulders this season. She has also helped Hebard lead the Pac-12 in field-goal percentage by setting the 6-foot-4 forward up for easy baskets.

Graves has joked about putting together an instructional video on how to run the pick and roll using Cazorla’s John Stockton-to-Karl Malone-style highlights.

“I think she’s the best in the game at it,” Graves said. “She’s so good at the angles, at the spacing, at the right reads — when she should turn the corner and go, when she should pass, when she should step back and shoot it, when she should accept a re-screen. She’s just so skilled at it.

“It’s fun for me. I get tweets and texts from coaches across the country saying, ‘Wow, she’s so good. Let’s talk after the season.’ I marvel each and every time at how good she is at the pick and roll.”

When Cazorla’s career at Oregon is over she may leave having experienced more wins than any player in program history — 74 and counting entering this year’s March Madness.

“It’s not easy what she does,” Graves said. “and she does it under the radar because the other two get the attention and also the great freshman gets the attention and Bando is a great senior. Maite is the one that just kind of flies under the radar.”