Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
Ann Meyers Drysdale Award | |
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Awarded for | The best women's college basketball shooting guard in the United States |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame & Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) |
First awarded | 2018 |
Currently held by | JuJu Watkins, USC |
Website | Ann Meyers Drysdale Award |
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball shooting guard in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale (née Meyers), the first high school player to make the United States national team and the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship to UCLA.
Creation and selection
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award was first presented in 2018, when WBCA and the Naismith Hall, in collaboration with ESPN, incorporated the Nancy Lieberman Award, first presented in 2000 to the top Division I women's point guard, into a new set of awards known as the "Naismith Starting Five" that are presented at the WBCA convention (except in 2020, when the convention was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic) to players at each of the five traditional basketball positions. These awards parallel a previously existing set of men's basketball positional awards also presented by the Hall. In addition to the Lieberman Award, the other three new awards are:[1]
- Katrina McClain Power Forward Award
- Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award
- Lisa Leslie Center Award
Winners for each of the Starting Five awards are determined by a selection committee consisting of Hall of Famers, WBCA coaching members, and media, and headed by the award's namesake. Fan voting through the Hall's website is also incorporated into the selection process.
Key
* | Awarded, in addition, a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year, Wade Trophy or the John R. Wooden Award |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has received the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award |
Winners
Season | Player | School | Class | Ref. |
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2017–18 | Victoria Vivians | Mississippi State | Senior | |
2018–19 | Asia Durr | Louisville | Senior | [2] |
2019–20 | Aari McDonald | Arizona | Junior | [3] |
2020–21 | Ashley Owusu | Maryland | Sophomore | [4] |
2021–22 | Christyn Williams | UConn | Senior | [5] |
2022–23 | Zia Cooke | South Carolina | Senior | |
2023–24 | JuJu Watkins | USC | Freshman |
Winners by school
School | Winners | Years |
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Arizona | 1 | 2020 |
Louisville | 1 | 2019 |
Maryland | 1 | 2021 |
Mississippi State | 1 | 2018 |
South Carolina | 1 | 2023 |
UConn | 1 | 2022 |
USC | 1 | 2024 |
See also
- Jerry West Award – the counterpart to the Meyers Drysdale Award; given to the best men's NCAA shooting guard
References
- ^ "Naismith Starting 5". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Winners of Five Women's College Basketball Awards". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Name Winners of Five Women's College Basketball Awards". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Basketball Hall of Fame Reveals Winners of Women's Naismith Starting Five Awards" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Basketball Hall of Fame & Women's Basketball Coaches Association Announce Winners of Women's Naismith Starting Five Awards" (Press release). Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
External links
- Official website
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- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
- Men's college basketball awards
National players of the year | |
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Conference players of the year |
- All-Americans (by year)
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award
- WBCA Defensive Player of the Year
- WBCA Freshman of the Year
- NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Gillom Trophy
- Academic All-America of the Year
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
- Lisa Leslie Award
- Nancy Lieberman Award
- Katrina McClain Award
- Cheryl Miller Award
- Dawn Staley Award
- On hiatus – Senior CLASS Award
- Discontinued – Best Player ESPY Award
- Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
National coaches of the year | |
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Conference coaches of the year |