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February 10, 2014 By Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog Leave a Comment

Washington freshman Kelsey Plum impresses, but not enough for WBCA award

After Washington freshman G Kelsey Plum’s performance in an upset against No. 3 Stanford on Sunday and consistency this season, I wondered whether the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association would make her part of the 10 players added by the WBCA on Monday to the “Wade Watch” list. UW junior Jazmine Davis was a preseason nod but didn’t advance in the latest cut to determine the top women’s basketball player in the country.

Plum wasn’t part of the additions. In fact, none of the additions were from a school out West. But Plum’s performance resonated with national media and Cardinal Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer.

“Kelsey Plum had an outstanding game and I can’t believe there’s a better freshman in the country,” VanDerveer said of Plum, who began her post-prep career by winning gold with USA Basketball’s FIBA U-19 team last summer.

Plum, a crafty 5-foot-9 lefty, is the leading scorer among freshmen in the country, averaging 19.7 points. She’s close to becoming UW’s top freshman leading scorer in program history. Loree Payne owns the record. She averaged 17.4 points as a freshman in 1999-00. Payne totaled 521 points that season. Plum is at 454 with six Pac-12 games remaining on the regular-season schedule.

Here are the additions to the “Wade Watch” list from the WBCA:

 

 

10 players added to list of ‘Wade Watch’ hopefuls

ATLANTA (Feb. 10, 2014) – The Wade Trophy Committee has added 10 additional student-athletes to the 2014 “Wade Watch” list, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Trophy Coalition, announced today.

Joining the preseason list of 25 Wade Watch hopefuls are Tiffany Bias of Oklahoma State, Hallie Christofferson of Iowa State, Christina Foggie of Vanderbilt, Markeisha Gatling of N.C. State, Dearica Hamby of Wake Forest, Natasha Howard of Florida State, Alexis Jones of Duke, Tricia Liston of Duke, Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, and Tiffany Mitchell of South Carolina.

The Wade Trophy Coalition presents The Wade Trophy to the nation’s most outstanding NCAA® Division I women’s basketball player each year – one who not only excels athletically but also serves as a positive role model both on and off the court. The acclaimed Wade Watch list, from which The Wade Trophy recipient is chosen, consists of players selected on the basis of game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.

The Wade Watch list will be trimmed to 12 finalists in mid-March. The Wade Trophy Coalition will officially announce The Wade Trophy winner at the fourth annual WBCA Awards Show on Monday, April 7, which is part of the 2014 WBCA National Convention, held in conjunction with the NCAA® Women’s Final Four®, in Nashville.

Here is the complete 2014 State Farm Wade Watch list:

 

 

 

Name

Institution

Position

Year

 

 

Natalie Achonwa

Notre Dame

Forward

Senior

 

 

Rachel Banham

Minnesota

Guard

Junior

 

 

Tiffany Bias

Oklahoma State

Guard

Senior

 

 

Brittany Boyd

California

Guard

Junior

 

 

Gennifer Brandon

California

Forward

Senior

 

 

Hallie Christofferson

Iowa State

Forward

Senior

 

 

Jerica Coley

FIU

Guard

Senior

 

 

Stefanie Dolson

Connecticut

Center

Senior

 

 

Aaryn Ellenberg

Oklahoma

Guard

Senior

 

 

Christina Foggie

Vanderbilt

Guard

Senior

 

 

Markeisha Gatling

NC State

Center

Senior

 

 

Bashaara Graves

Tennessee

Forward

Sophomore

 

 

Chelsea Gray

Duke

Guard

Senior

 

 

Dearica Hamby

Wake Forest

Forward

Junior

 

 

Bria Hartley

Connecticut

Guard

Senior

 

 

Jordan Hooper

Nebraska

Forward

Senior

 

 

Natasha Howard

Florida State

Forward

Senior

 

 

Alexis Jones

Duke

Guard

Sophomore

 

 

Tricia Liston

Duke

Guard

Senior

 

 

Jewell Loyd

Notre Dame

Guard

Sophomore

 

 

Maggie Lucas

Penn State

Guard

Senior

 

 

Tyaunna Marshall

Georgia Tech

Guard

Senior

 

 

Kayla McBride

Notre Dame

Guard

Senior

 

 

Tiffany Mitchell

South Carolina

Guard

Sophomore

 

 

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis

Connecticut

Forward

Junior

 

 

Chiney Oqwumike

Stanford

Forward

Senior

 

 

Theresa Plaisance

LSU

Forward

Senior

 

 

Ebony Rowe

Middle Tennessee

Forward

Senior

 

 

Shoni Schimmel

Louisville

Guard

Senior

 

 

Meighan Simmons

Tennessee

Guard

Senior

 

 

Odyssey Sims

Baylor

Guard

Senior

 

 

DeNesha Stallworth

Kentucky

Forward

Senior

 

 

Breanna Stewart

Connecticut

Forward

Sophomore

 

 

Alyssa Thomas

Maryland

Forward

Senior

 

 

Elizabeth Williams

Duke

Center/Forward

Junior

 

 

 

The Wade Trophy, named after the late, legendary three-time national champion Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, debuted in 1978 as the first-ever women’s national player of the year award in college basketball. The Wade Trophy Coalition was established in June 2000 when the WBCA partnered with The National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS), now known as the Society of Health and Physical Educators, doing business as SHAPE America. For the past 11 years the two have worked together to present The Wade Trophy player of the year award. A committee composed of coaches, administrators and media from across the U.S. selects the winner.

 

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