The 2020 Dawn Staley Award Mid-Season Watch List
The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced the 2020 Dawn Staley Award Announces its Mid-season 2020 Watch List. 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 announced in Mid-March and the winner will be announced the weekend of the Final Four. The award event will be held at the Union League Thursday, April 9.
| Player | University |
|---|---|
| Stella Johnson | Rider University |
| Rhyne Howard | University of Kentucky |
| Aari Mc Donald | University of Arizona |
| Dana Evans | University of Louisville |
| Chanette Hicks | Norfolk State University |
| Sabrina Ionescu | University of Oregon |
| Tyasha Harris | University of South Carolina |
| Zia Cooke | University of South Carolina |
| Crystal Dangerfield | University of Connecticut |
| Dyaisha Fair | University of Buffalo |
| Chelsea Dungee | University of Arkansas |
| Kathleen Doyle | University of Iowa |
| Te’ a Cooper | Baylor University |
| Destiny Slocum | Oregon State University |
| Chennedy Carter | Texas A&M University |
Previous Winners
- 2019 Asia Durr
- 2018 Kelsey Mitchell
- 2017 Kelsey Plum
- 2016 Moriah Jefferson
- 2015 Tiffany Mitchell
- 2014 Odyssey Sims
- 2013 Skylar Diggins
