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Women’s Basketball Selected as CAA Favorite; Dickey Named Preseason Player of the Year; Pair of Blue Hens Land on Preseason Team
10/27/2021 9:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
RICHMOND, Va. – Picking up right where we left off!! Building off the success of the 2020-21 campaign of capturing the regular season championship, the University of Delaware women's basketball team has been selected as the 2021-22 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) favorite to hoist the conference championship according to the preseason coaches' poll, the league announced Wednesday morning.
The reigning CAA Player of the Year, senior guard/forward Jasmine Dickey, was selected as the CAA Preseason Player of the Year. Along with taking top player honors, the Baltimore, Md. native earned a spot on the preseason All-CAA first team for the second straight season while redshirt senior forward Ty Battle, a first-team All-CAA selection a season ago, joins Dickey on the preseason first team.
"It's an honor to be recognized by my fellow CAA coaches, for whom I have the utmost admiration and respect," said head coach Natasha Adair. "The Colonial Athletic Association is one of top conferences in the country. We compete night in and out against some of the best players. Our players, coaches and support staff have been committed to our mission, growth, development and success here at the University of Delaware since I arrived five years ago. I came here to win and build a sustainable culture of winning. Preseason highlights and accolades are a tribute to the tireless work that has been done on and off the court. Our players believed in and trusted the process from day one. They came here to develop holistically, compete on a national stage and to win championships. It's rewarding for them to see themselves excel as individuals and as a team. We are truly grateful to be highlighted as one of the preseason favorites. We will remain steadfast while we continue on our journey towards elite. Thank you all and let's go Hens."
Delaware (77 votes) picked up five of the 10 possible first place votes in the coaches' poll while the conference tournament champions Drexel (77) also received five first place votes, as both squads share the top spot. James Madison was projected to finish third with 64 votes, followed by Towson in fourth receiving 58 votes. Hofstra rounds out the top five with 47 votes. Elon (38), Charleston (33), William & Mary (29), UNCW (15) and Northeastern (12) were selected to finish sixth through 10th, respectively.
The full preseason CAA polls and teams are listed below.
The reigning CAA Player of the Year, senior guard/forward Jasmine Dickey, was selected as the CAA Preseason Player of the Year. Along with taking top player honors, the Baltimore, Md. native earned a spot on the preseason All-CAA first team for the second straight season while redshirt senior forward Ty Battle, a first-team All-CAA selection a season ago, joins Dickey on the preseason first team.
"It's an honor to be recognized by my fellow CAA coaches, for whom I have the utmost admiration and respect," said head coach Natasha Adair. "The Colonial Athletic Association is one of top conferences in the country. We compete night in and out against some of the best players. Our players, coaches and support staff have been committed to our mission, growth, development and success here at the University of Delaware since I arrived five years ago. I came here to win and build a sustainable culture of winning. Preseason highlights and accolades are a tribute to the tireless work that has been done on and off the court. Our players believed in and trusted the process from day one. They came here to develop holistically, compete on a national stage and to win championships. It's rewarding for them to see themselves excel as individuals and as a team. We are truly grateful to be highlighted as one of the preseason favorites. We will remain steadfast while we continue on our journey towards elite. Thank you all and let's go Hens."
Delaware (77 votes) picked up five of the 10 possible first place votes in the coaches' poll while the conference tournament champions Drexel (77) also received five first place votes, as both squads share the top spot. James Madison was projected to finish third with 64 votes, followed by Towson in fourth receiving 58 votes. Hofstra rounds out the top five with 47 votes. Elon (38), Charleston (33), William & Mary (29), UNCW (15) and Northeastern (12) were selected to finish sixth through 10th, respectively.
Dickey 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.🚨𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 🚨
— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) October 27, 2021
🗳️𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻! The #BlueHens have been selected as 2021-22 @CAABasketball favorite to hoist the conference championship according to the preseason coaches' poll
--#AOW #Elite pic.twitter.com/Jd4y3VIGmd
Battle, a Plainfield, Ill. product, was also a force to be reckoned with last year, averaging a career-best 12.0 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.76 steals, 1.5 assists and 1.03 blocks per game. The double-double machine finished second in the nation with a career-high 19 double-doubles while also ranking fifth in Division I in offensive rebounds per game (4.9) and sixth in total rebounds (323). Battle led the conference in double-doubles, rebounds and rebounds per game, and ranked second in blocked shots (30) and offensive rebounds per game.𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚...☺️@_JD20, the reigning @CAABasketball Player of the Year, has been named the 2021-22 Preseason Player of the Year!!!
— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) October 27, 2021
--#AOW #Elite pic.twitter.com/8OVWdupN8w
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀😊
— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) October 27, 2021
Along with her POY honors, @_JD20 earned a spot on the All-CAA preseason first team while @Ty_battle33, a first team All-CAA selection a season ago, joins Dickey on the first team #AOW #Elite
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The Blue Hens will open the 2021-22 campaign by hosting Chestnut Hill College on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. and then welcome Princeton on Friday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞😅
— Delaware Women's Basketball (@DelawareWBB) October 27, 2021
"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅" #AllTheFeels 💙💛
--#AOW #Elite pic.twitter.com/PXCM6WTyMJ
The full preseason CAA polls and teams are listed below.
| 2021-22 CAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL | ||
| Team | Points | |
| T1. | Delaware (5) | 77 |
| T1. | Drexel (5) | 77 |
| 3. | James Madison | 64 |
| 4. | Towson | 58 |
| 5. | Hofstra | 47 |
| 6. | Elon | 38 |
| 7. | Charleston | 33 |
| 8. | William & Mary | 29 |
| 9. | UNCW | 15 |
| 10. | Northeastern | 12 |
| () = First-place votes | ||
| 2021-22 CAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS | |||||
| First Team | School | Height | Class | Position | Hometown / High School |
| Ty Battle | Delaware | 6-0 | R-Sr. | F | Plainfield, Ill. / Oswego East |
| Jasmine Dickey | Delaware | 5-10 | Sr. | G/F | Baltimore, Md. / Catonsville |
| Kiki Jefferson | James Madison | 6-1 | Jr. | G | Lancaster, Pa. / Lancaster Catholic |
| Hannah Nihill | Drexel | 5-3 | Gr. | G | Drexel Hill, Pa. / Cardinal O'Hara |
| Keishana Washington | Drexel | 5-7 | Sr. | G | Pickering, Ontario, Canada / Durham Prep |
| Second Team | School | Height | Class | Position | Hometown / High School |
| JaKayla Brown | Hofstra | 5-10 | Sr. | G | LaPlata, Md. / St. Mary's Ryken |
| Tyler Collins | Charleston | 5-6 | So. | G | Atlanta, Ga. / Woodward Academy |
| Peyton McDaniel | James Madison | 6-0 | So. | G | Birdsboro, Pa. / Twin Valley |
| Aleah Nelson | Towson | 5-6 | Jr. | G | Baltimore, Md. / McDonogh |
| Sydney Wagner | William & Mary | 5-6 | R-Sr. | G | Phoenixville, Pa. / Spring-Ford Senior High |
| 2021-22 CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Jasmine Dickey, Delaware | |||||
| Honorable Mention: Kendall Currence, Northeastern (G); Arynn Eady, Charleston (F); Brie Perpignan, Elon (G); Anissa Rivera, Towson (G/F); Rayne Tucker, Towson (F) | |||||
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