Dawn Staley Award
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| Dawn Staley Award | |
|---|---|
| File:Dawn Staley at Paradise Jam 2012.jpg Dawn Staley | |
| Awarded for | The nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Phoenix Club of Philadelphia |
| First award | 2013 |
| Currently held by | JuJu Watkins, USC |
| Website | Official site |
The Dawn Staley Award was established in 2013 to "recognize the nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball".[1] It was established by the Phoenix club of Philadelphia, an organization established to recognize the achievements of outstanding male and female basketball players. The award was named after Dawn Staley, a Philadelphia native recognized as one of the nation's best guards in women's college basketball history. The organization establish a watchlist of potential winners during the year and at the end of the season selects the 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".[1]
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Season | Player | School | Class | Ref. |
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| 2012–13 | Skylar Diggins | Notre Dame | Senior | [2] |
| 2013–14 | Odyssey Sims | Baylor | Senior | [3] |
| 2014–15 | Tiffany Mitchell | South Carolina | Junior | [4] |
| 2015–16 | Moriah Jefferson | UConn | Senior | [5] |
| 2016–17 | Kelsey Plum | Washington | Senior | [6] |
| 2017–18 | Kelsey Mitchell | Ohio State | Senior | [7] |
| 2018–19 | Asia Durr | Louisville | Senior | [8] |
| 2019–20 | Tyasha Harris | South Carolina | Senior | [9] |
| 2020–21 | Caitlin Clark | Iowa | Freshman | [10] |
| 2021–22 | Caitlin Clark (2) | Iowa | Sophomore | [11] |
| 2022–23 | Caitlin Clark (3) | Iowa | Junior | [12] |
| 2023–24 | Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame | Freshman | [13] |
| 2024–25 | JuJu Watkins | USC | Sophomore |
See also
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