WACO, Texas – Baylor's Queen Egbo earned a spot as a finalist Friday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Lisa Leslie Award. The honor recognizes the top center in women's college basketball.
 
Egbo, from Houston, Texas, was the 2020 Big 12 Sixth Woman of the Year, and she was a preseason All-Big 12 selection coming into her third season.
 
She ranks 10^th in the Big 12 in rebounds per game (7.2), 4^th in offensive rebounds (3.1), and seventh in blocks per contest (1.2). Egbo averages 10.9 points in just 19.9 minutes per contest and leads the No. 8-ranked Lady Bears in field goal percentage at a .504 clip. Egbo ranks 9^th all-time on Baylor's career field-goal percentage list at .534.
 
The Leslie Award will be narrowed to five candidates in March before the winner is announced April 9 as a part of the other "Starting Five" awards. DiDi Richards was named as a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award Monday for nation's top point guard and NaLyssa Smith was selected Thursday for the Katrina McClain Award finalist list for power forwards.
 
Egbo was a finalist last season for the Leslie Award, and she is the second Lady Bear to be selected as a finalist with Kalani Brown reaching the Final Five list in 2018 and 2019.
 
2021 Lisa Leslie Award Candidates*

Queen Egbo	Baylor
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	Connecticut
Ayoka Lee	Kansas State
Elissa Cunane	NC State
Janelle Bailey	North Carolina
Shakira Austin	Ole Miss
Nancy Mulkey	Rice
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina
Kamilla Cardoso	Syracuse
Charli Collier	Texas

 
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-21 season