ONO on Lisa Leslie Award Watch List

[f1f1ferrari]

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Twenty Centers to Watch List for 2021 Lisa Leslie Award

 

[Glenn]

here is the list. That make 5 UConn players on the five lists!

Queen Egbo	Baylor
Hannah Gusters	Baylor
Sara Hamson	BYU
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	Connecticut
Jade Williams	Duke
Kristin Scott	Iowa State
Ameshya Williams	Jackson State
Ayoka Lee	Kansas State
Elissa Cunane	NC State
Kate Cain	Nebraska
Janelle Bailey	North Carolina
Shakira Austin	Ole Miss
Eleah Parker	Penn
Nancy Mulkey	Rice
Antoinette Lewis	South Alabama
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina
Kamilla Cardoso	Syracuse
Charli Collier	Texas
Ila Lane	UC Santa Barbara
Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech

 

[Glenn]

Looking at teams, there are numerous teams with two or more players on the watch lists. UConn and Baylor have five and Stanford with four are shown below. Indiana, Lousiville, Mississippi St, NC State, Syracuse, and Taxes A&M have 3.

Paige Bueckers	Connecticut	Lieberman
Christyn Williams	Connecticut	Meyers
Evina Westbrook	Connecticut	Miller
Aubrey Griffin	Connecticut	Miller
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	Connecticut	Leslie
DiDi Richards	Baylor	Lieberman
DiJonai Carrington	Baylor	Meyers
NaLyssa Smith	Baylor	McClain
Queen Egbo	Baylor	Leslie
Hannah Gusters	Baylor	Leslie
Kiana Williams	Stanford	Meyers
Haley Jones	Stanford	Miller
Francesca Belibi	Stanford	McClain
Cameron Brink	Stanford	McClain

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stanford with four

Kiana WilliamsStanfordMeyersHaley JonesStanfordMillerFrancesca BelibiStanfordMcClainCameron BrinkStanfordMcClain

I can't believe they didn't include Lexie Hull on any of the watch lists. If she wasn't their best player last year, she was awfully darn close.

 

[DEpup]

Are foreign players even eligible? Seems like there aren't any on the lists... maybe explain Anna as well as Aaliyah not being on any lists... if they can put those other freshman on the lists, why not Aaliyah too. Even though I don't think freshman should appear on these lists...

 

[Glenn]

Foreign players are elilgible--our own Kia Nurse was on the final five for the Lieberman award in 2018, a year that gabby Williams won--and while she is out of this world, she might not be considered foreign. (KLS and Napheesa were also finalists that year.)

 

[CocoHusky]

here is the list. That make 5 UConn players on the five lists!

Queen Egbo	Baylor
Hannah Gusters	Baylor
Sara Hamson	BYU
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	Connecticut
Jade Williams	Duke
Kristin Scott	Iowa State
Ameshya Williams	Jackson State
Ayoka Lee	Kansas State
Elissa Cunane	NC State
Kate Cain	Nebraska
Janelle Bailey	North Carolina
Shakira Austin	Ole Miss
Eleah Parker	Penn
Nancy Mulkey	Rice
Antoinette Lewis	South Alabama
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina
Kamilla Cardoso	Syracuse
Charli Collier	Texas
Ila Lane	UC Santa Barbara
Elizabeth Kitley	Virginia Tech

@triaddukefan not throwing shade at your program per say, but is WCBB really that devoid of bigs to the point that Jade Williams who averaged 7.3 PPG and 4.3 RPG last season ( her junior season) is on a watch list as one of the best centers in WCBB?

 

[triaddukefan]

@triaddukefan not throwing shade at your program per say, but is WCBB really that devoid of bigs to the point that Jade Williams who averaged 7.3 PPG and 4.3 RPG last season ( her junior season) is on a watch list as one of the best centers in WCBB?

That one perplexed me too ... but she made the preseason list the past two years, so I guess they had to put her on this one as well.