WBB’s Lewis Placed on Lieberman Award Watch List
10/27/2021 11:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Graduate transfer named to prestigious preseason point guard list
Springfield, Mass. – Baylor's Jordan Lewis was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA Preseason Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award.
The Lieberman Award recognizes the nation's top NCAA Division I point guard. The honor is named after Naismith Hall of Fame 1996 Class inductee, Nancy Lieberman. To be considered, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills Lieberman was known for.
Lewis, a graduate transfer from Alabama, put up career numbers for the Crimson Tide a year ago as she averaged career-bests with 17.0 points and 4.2 assists per game. She shot her career best from all three categories on the floor with a 40.8 percent mark from the field, hit 37.3 percent from the 3-point line and made 78.4 percent of her free-throw attempts.
Lewis left Alabama as the program's fifth all-time leader in assists with 510 and ninth all-time with 1,581 points.
Fans are encouraged to participate in fan voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Nancy Lieberman and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be chosen.
2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Jordan Lewis Baylor
Dyaisha Fair Buffalo
Ali Patberg Indiana
Caitlin Clark Iowa
Jazmine Massengill Kentucky
Hailey Van Lith Louisville
Ashley Owusu Maryland
Amy Dilk Michigan
Myah Taylor Mississippi State
Anastasia Hayes Mississippi State
Raina Perez NC State
Diamond Johnson NC State
Veronica Burton Northwestern
Te-Hina Pao Pao Oregon
Lauren Park-Lane Seton Hall
Destanni Henderson South Carolina
Lauren Heard TCU
Gina Conti UCLA
Paige Bueckers UConn
Dru Gylten Utah
Katia Gallegos UTEP
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
The Lieberman Award recognizes the nation's top NCAA Division I point guard. The honor is named after Naismith Hall of Fame 1996 Class inductee, Nancy Lieberman. To be considered, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills Lieberman was known for.
Lewis, a graduate transfer from Alabama, put up career numbers for the Crimson Tide a year ago as she averaged career-bests with 17.0 points and 4.2 assists per game. She shot her career best from all three categories on the floor with a 40.8 percent mark from the field, hit 37.3 percent from the 3-point line and made 78.4 percent of her free-throw attempts.
Lewis left Alabama as the program's fifth all-time leader in assists with 510 and ninth all-time with 1,581 points.
Fans are encouraged to participate in fan voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Nancy Lieberman and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be chosen.
2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Jordan Lewis Baylor
Dyaisha Fair Buffalo
Ali Patberg Indiana
Caitlin Clark Iowa
Jazmine Massengill Kentucky
Hailey Van Lith Louisville
Ashley Owusu Maryland
Amy Dilk Michigan
Myah Taylor Mississippi State
Anastasia Hayes Mississippi State
Raina Perez NC State
Diamond Johnson NC State
Veronica Burton Northwestern
Te-Hina Pao Pao Oregon
Lauren Park-Lane Seton Hall
Destanni Henderson South Carolina
Lauren Heard TCU
Gina Conti UCLA
Paige Bueckers UConn
Dru Gylten Utah
Katia Gallegos UTEP
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
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