The award recognizes the top point guard in D1 women's basketball.
Press Release from the University of Louisville
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced today that the University of Louisville Sophomore Guard is one of 10 watch list candidates for the 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award.
Now in its 23rd year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel set out a watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed down to 10. To be considered for this prestigious award, candidates demonstrate floor leadership, playmaking and ball-handling skills of the class of 1996. Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in fan voting presented by Dell Technologies every three rounds. At the end of February, the watch list of 10 players will be narrowed down to five for the 2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award. In March those finalists will be presented to Ms. Lieberman and the Hall of Fame selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2022 Nancy Lieberman Prize will be presented along with the other four members of the women's starting five on a set date. Additional awards being presented include the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award, Katrina McClain Power Forward Award and Lisa Leslie Center Award in addition to Men's Starting Five.
Past winners of the Nancy Lieberman Award include Paige Beukers, Yukon (2021), Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon (2018-20), Kelsey Plum, Washington (2017), Moria Jefferson, Connecticut (2015-16), Odyssey Sims, Baylor (2014) Are included. ), Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame (2012–13), Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga (2011), Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State (2010), Renee Montgomery, Connecticut (2009), Christy Tolliver, Maryland (2008), Lindsay Harding, Duke (2007), Ivory Latta, North Carolina (2006), Temeka Johnson, LSU (2005), Diana Taurasi, Connecticut (2003–04), and Sue Bird, Connecticut (2000–02)