Dawn Staley Award Explained

Dawn Staley Award
Awarded For:The nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball
Presenter:Phoenix Club of Philadelphia
Country:United States
Year:2013
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". 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

SeasonPlayerSchoolClassRef.
2012–13Notre Dame[2]
2013–14Baylor[3]
2014–15South Carolina[4]
2015–16UConn[5]
2016–17Washington[6]
2017–18Ohio State[7]
2018–19Louisville[8]
2019–20South Carolina[9]
2020–21Iowa[10]
2021–22 (2)Iowa[11]
2022–23 (3)Iowa[12]
2023–24Notre Dame[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Dawn Staley Award Home. www.dawnstaleyaward.org. 2016-04-09.
  2. Web site: Skylar Diggins to receive Dawn Staley award. The Philadelphia Tribune. 2016-04-09.
  3. Web site: Odyssey Sims Named Dawn Staley Award Winner. Canizales. Nick. www.kcentv.com. 2016-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160425202047/http://www.kcentv.com/story/25172579/odyssey-sims-named-dawn-staley-award-winner. 2016-04-25. dead.
  4. Web site: Mitchell Wins The Dawn Staley Award University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site. www.gamecocksonline.com. 2016-04-09.
  5. Web site: Jefferson Wins Dawn Staley Award. www.uconnhuskies.com. 2016-04-09. 2016-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408135510/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/040516aaa.html. dead.
  6. News: NCAA basketball: Kelsey Plum earns two more ncaa basketball awards. 2017-03-31. Excelle Sports. 2017-04-01. en-US.
  7. News: Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell named 2018 Dawn Staley Award winner. 2018-04-06. Land-Grant Holy Land. 2017-04-01. en-US.
  8. Web site: Honors continue for Louisville guard Asia Durr. Cardinal Authority. en-US. 2020-04-15.
  9. News: Tyasha Harris selected as the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award. 2020-03-20. 2020-03-20. en-US.
  10. Caitlin Clark Named The Dawn Staley Award 2021 Winner . The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia . April 2, 2021 . June 6, 2022.
  11. Caitlin Clark Named The Dawn Staley Award 2022 Winner – Back-to-Back . The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia . April 2, 2022 . June 6, 2022.
  12. Caitlin Clark Named The Dawn Staley Award 2023 Winner . The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia . March 30, 2023 . June 6, 2022.
  13. Web site: 2024 Dawn Staley Award Goes To Hidalgo . Notre Dame Athletics . April 5, 2024 . April 5, 2024.

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