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Women’s Basketball’s Harmon named semifinalist for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award
03.11.2025 | Women's Basketball
Harmon is one of 10 semifinalists for Defensive Player of the Year award.
ATLANTA — Texas women's basketball's Rori Harmon has been named to the 2025 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year presented by MOLECULE semifinalist list the Atlanta Tipoff Club/Naismith Awards announced on Tuesday.
Harmon, the 2023 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year is the defensive leader for the Longhorns and sets the tone for head coach Vic Schaefer's team. Harmon picks up at 94 feet and is usually guarding the top offensive player for the Texas opponent.
Harmon is averaging 2.2 steals per game for the Longhorns this season and has 269 career steals, which ranks ninth on the Texas all-time list.
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalists
Lauren Betts UCLA
Talaysia Cooper Tennessee
Rori Harmon Texas
Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame
Aneesah Morrow LSU
Sedona Prince TCU
JJ Quinerly West Virginia
Taylor Thierry Ohio State
Makayla Timpson Florida State
JuJu Watkins USC
