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Dickey Named to 2022 Cheryl Miller Award Watch List
10/27/2021 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of the 20 candidates. Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award include Ashley Joens (Iowa State, 2021), Satou Sabally (Oregon, 2020), Bridget Carleton (Iowa State, 2019) and Gabby Williams (Connecticut, 2018).
"The student-athletes named to the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year watch list have worked tremendously hard and should be proud of all they have achieved," said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. "Cheyl has long been recognized as one of the greatest athletes to ever play our game after an absolutely dominant career at USC and winning a pair of NCAA Championships. We are very much looking forward to working with her alongside our own selection committee in evaluating talent throughout the 2021-22 season."
Earlier today, the reigning Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Year was selected as the 2021-22 CAA Preseason Player of the Year and landed on the preseason All-CAA first team. The Baltimore, Md. native put together a remarkable junior year when she averaged 22.6 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.4 steals, 1.9 assists and 0.6 blocks per game. She led the nation with 607 field goal attempts and ranked in the top 10 in field goals made (237), points scored (656), free throw attempts (214), free throws made (170), offensive rebounds per game (4.6) and steals (71). Along with being top-10 in the nation, Dickey ranked 12th in scoring and led the way in the CAA in steals and second in scoring. She joined the 1,000-point club after scoring 19 points at James Madison on Feb. 21 to become the 28th player in program history to join the elusive list. Last week, Dickey added to her incredible resume by being named to the preseason watch list for the 2022 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award by Her Hoop Stats. Her accolades also include a first-team All-CAA, CAA All-Defensive Team, and CAA All-Tournament Team selections along with WNIT Charlotte All-Region Team and WNIT All-Tournament Team honors.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Ms. Miller and the Hall of Fame's selection committee when a winner will be selected.𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗽, 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲, 𝘆'𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 😤@_JD20 has been named as one of the 20 small forward candidates to the preseason watch list for 2022 Cheryl Miller Award #AOW #Elite
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The winner of the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award and the Lisa Leslie Center Award, in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
| 2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Candidates* | |
| Sam Thomas | Arizona |
| Taylor Soule | Boston College |
| Jasmine Dickey | Delaware |
| Elizabeth Balogun | Duke |
| Grace Berger | Indiana |
| Ashley Jones | Iowa State |
| Rhyne Howard | Kentucky |
| Emily Engstler | Louisville |
| Chloe Bibby | Maryland |
| Rickea Jackson | Mississippi State |
| Alyssa Utsby | North Carolina |
| Erica Johnson | Ohio |
| Madi Williams | Oklahoma |
| Andra Espinoza-Hunter | Seton Hall |
| Myah Selland | South Dakota State |
| Haley Jones | Stanford |
| Mia Davis | Temple |
| Rae Burrell | Tennessee |
| Kayla Wells | Texas A&M |
| Vivian Gray | Texas Tech |
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*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season |
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About Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller took women's basketball to a new level, literally and figuratively. With her tremendous leaping ability, athletic dexterity and grace, Miller established a legacy throughout her high school and college career that is unparalleled. Playing for Riverside Polytechnic High School (CA), in 1982, Miller set the single game scoring record of 105 points. As a collegiate forward at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 1986, Miller helped bring women's basketball to the forefront of American sports. In 1984, she led the Olympic team to gold averaging more than 16 points per game. Her superior athletic ability and engaging persona placed her among the elite in the world of college and professional athletics. In 1986, Sports Illustrated named Miller as the best male or female player in college basketball. In a spectacular career, Miller scored 3,018 total career points and was a four-time All-America. Miller was named Naismith Player of the Year three times and earned the Wade Trophy once. Miller was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2010. Since retiring from professional play, Miller has had a very successful career as a WNBA GM, professional and collegiate coach, and sportscaster for TNT, ESPN and NBC for the 1996 Olympics.
About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. For more information, visit us online: www.WBCA.org, follow @wbca1981 or call 1-770-279-8027.
About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo "Court of Dreams." Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the game's elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit www.hoophall.com, follow @hoophall or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.
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