Midseason Watch List for 2019 Dawn Staley Award revealed
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The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced the Midseason Watch List for the 2019 Dawn Staley Award. Established in 2013, the honor recognizes the nation’s best guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.
Named after women’s basketball legend and Hall of Famer Dawn Staley, the award is given to a player “who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed throughout her career: ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win.”
Four finalists will be revealed in mid-March and the winner will be announced during the weekend of the Final Four.
2019 Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List
Aari McDonald | Arizona |
Tyasha Harris | South Carolina |
Cierra Dillard | Buffalo |
Katie Lou Samuelson | Connecticut |
Kenisha Bell | Minnesota |
Arike Ogunbowale | Notre Dame |
Sophie Cunningham | Missouri |
Asia Durr | Louisville |
Tiana Mangakahia | Syracuse |
Shakyla Hill | Grambling State |
Shania Johnson | Stony Brook |
Chennedy Carter | Texas A&M |
Te’a Cooper | South Carolina |
Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon |
Crystal Dangerfield | Connecticut |
Previous Winners
- 2018 Kelsey Mitchell
- 2017 Kelsey Plum
- 2016 Moriah Jefferson
- 2015 Tiffany Mitchell
- 2014 Odyssey Sims
- 2013 Skylar Diggins
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