The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
11.17.2020 | Women's Basketball
UT junior is one of 50 preseason candidates for National Player of the Year award.
ATLANTA — University of Texas junior forward/center Charli Collier is one of 50 players named to the 2021 Women's Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday morning. The Naismith Trophy annually honors the National Player of the Year in college basketball.
Collier is a unanimous selection to the 10-person Preseason All-Big 12 Team and one of 20 preseason candidates for the Lisa Leslie Award, honoring the nation's top center. A first-team All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore in 2019-20, she also was a top-10 finalist for last year's Lisa Leslie Award.
Collier led the squad in rebounding (10.5 rpg) and blocked shots (39) and tied for the team lead in scoring (13.1 ppg) in 29.8 minutes per contest while starting all 30 games. She registered 16 double-doubles during her sophomore year, becoming one of just four players in UT program history to average a points-rebounds double-double over an entire season. Collier reached double figures in scoring 23 times and in rebounds 17 times, reaching the 15-rebound mark on seven occasions on the year.
The award's midseason 30 team will be announced in early February. Players who do not make the watch list are still eligible to be selected for the midseason 30 team. The competition will be narrowed down to 10 national semifinalists on March 2, 2021, and four finalists will be named on March 19, 2021.
The winner of the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy for Women's Player of the Year will be announced on April 3, 2021.
Texas opens the regular season at home against SMU on Wednesday, Nov. 25.
2021 Women's Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List
|
Player |
School |
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Aliyah Boston |
South Carolina |
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Sam Brunelle |
Notre Dame |
|
Paige Bueckers |
UConn |
|
DiJonai Carrington |
Baylor |
|
Jessika Carter |
Mississippi State |
|
TEXAS |
|
|
Zia Cooke |
South Carolina |
|
Elissa Cunane |
North Carolina State |
|
Rennia Davis |
Tennessee |
|
Chelsea Dungee |
Arkansas |
|
Dana Evans |
Louisville |
|
Aleah Goodman |
Oregon State |
|
Vivian Gray |
Texas Tech |
|
Arella Guirantes |
Rutgers |
|
Lauren Heard |
TCU |
|
Lexi Held |
DePaul |
|
Naz Hillmon |
Michigan |
|
Rhyne Howard |
Kentucky |
|
Lexie Hull |
Stanford |
|
Rickea Jackson |
Mississippi State |
|
Ashley Joens |
Iowa State |
|
Haley Jones |
Stanford |
|
N'Dea Jones |
Texas A&M |
|
Taylor Jones |
Oregon State |
|
Dorka Juhasz |
Ohio State |
|
Ayoka Lee |
Kansas State |
|
Kiara Lewis |
Syracuse |
|
Natasha Mack |
Oklahoma State |
|
Tiana Mangakahia |
Syracuse |
|
Aari McDonald |
Arizona |
|
Nancy Mulkey |
Rice |
|
Olivia Nelson-Ododa |
UConn |
|
Michaela Onyenwere |
UCLA |
|
Ashley Owusu |
Maryland |
|
Ali Patberg |
Indiana |
|
Chelsey Perry |
Tennessee-Martin |
|
Lasha Petree |
Bradley |
|
Alissa Pili |
USC |
|
Lindsey Pulliam |
Northwestern |
|
Cate Reese |
Arizona |
|
DiDi Richards |
Baylor |
|
Destiny Slocum |
Arkansas |
|
NaLyssa Smith |
Baylor |
|
Taylor Soule |
Boston College |
|
Jill Townsend |
Gonzaga |
|
Maddi Utti |
Fresno State |
|
Hailey Van Lith |
Louisville |
|
Evina Westbrook |
UConn |
|
Christyn Williams |
UConn |
|
Kiana Williams |
Stanford |
