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Shakira Austin Named to the Wade Watch List
11/9/2021 | Women's Basketball
2022 Wade Trophy to be Presented to the Best Player in Women’s College Basketball
ATLANTA – With the start of the season less than three days away, the excitement to see Shakira Austin hit the court continues as the center was named to the 2021-22 Wade Trophy Watch List.
The Wade Trophy is presented annually to the best player in college women's basketball by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. It is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball and named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen.
Austin is one of 30 on the list of candidates selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Selection Committee, and one of five players from the Southeastern Conference.
After a strong junior season and her first as a Rebel, Austin earned Honorable Mention All-America and First-Team All-SEC honors during the 2020-21 campaign. The center looks to continue that momentum into her senior season, as the Virginia native was recently placed on the Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list, as well as earning both SEC Media Preseason All-SEC honors and SEC Coaches Preseason First-Team All-SEC accolades.
The Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Year since 2001. The 2021-22 season will be the first in which freshmen are eligible for the honor. However, no freshmen made the list.
The committee will review the list midseason to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2021-22 season.
About the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
For 40 years the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, 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 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. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
Follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on Twitter at @YolettMcCuin
The Wade Trophy is presented annually to the best player in college women's basketball by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. It is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball and named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen.
Austin is one of 30 on the list of candidates selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Selection Committee, and one of five players from the Southeastern Conference.
After a strong junior season and her first as a Rebel, Austin earned Honorable Mention All-America and First-Team All-SEC honors during the 2020-21 campaign. The center looks to continue that momentum into her senior season, as the Virginia native was recently placed on the Lisa Leslie Award preseason watch list, as well as earning both SEC Media Preseason All-SEC honors and SEC Coaches Preseason First-Team All-SEC accolades.
The Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Year since 2001. The 2021-22 season will be the first in which freshmen are eligible for the honor. However, no freshmen made the list.
The committee will review the list midseason to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2021-22 season.
About the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
For 40 years the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, 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 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. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
Follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on Twitter at @YolettMcCuin
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