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Duo of Madison Scott and Kennedy Todd-Williams Named to Miller Award Watchlist
10/18/2023 | Women's Basketball
Pair Regarded as Nation’s Top Small Forwards
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Preseason accolades continue to roll in for Ole Miss women's basketball, with the duo of Madison Scott and Kennedy Todd-Williams named to the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award watch-list the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.
The annual award recognizes the top small forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball, determined by a national committee. The winner of the 2024 Cheryl Miller award will be presented on a to be determined date along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five awards.
Scott returns for her senior season in Oxford, coming off of a stellar junior campaign in which the Indian Head, Maryland, native earned Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team honors. Scott shattered an SJB Pavilion record with a career-high 17 rebounds against Jacksonville last year, along with grabbing 10 or more rebounds in 15 games. She reached the 20-career double-double mark to rank 10th in program history and led the Rebels off the glass last year with 8.0 boards per game.
After three years at North Carolina, Todd-Williams joined the Rebels this offseason as a coveted get from the transfer portal as one of ESPN's Top-15 available transfers. Todd-Williams started in all 33 games last season for the Tar Heels en route to earning Second-Team All-ACC honors as well as making the All-ACC Academic team. From beyond the arc, Todd-Williams led Carolina in made three's and notched 20 or more points five times throughout her junior campaign.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award are Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021-23), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019), and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram.
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 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: WBCA.org, follow @wbca1981 or call 1-770-279-8027.
About the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith 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 hoophall.com, follow @hoophall or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.
Season tickets for the 2023-24 campaign are on sale now along with single-game tickets for Ole Miss' opening night matchup against Oklahoma on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. for $5 each at OleMissTix.com
Follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on X at @YolettMcCuin
Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Watchlist
The annual award recognizes the top small forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball, determined by a national committee. The winner of the 2024 Cheryl Miller award will be presented on a to be determined date along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five awards.
Scott returns for her senior season in Oxford, coming off of a stellar junior campaign in which the Indian Head, Maryland, native earned Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team honors. Scott shattered an SJB Pavilion record with a career-high 17 rebounds against Jacksonville last year, along with grabbing 10 or more rebounds in 15 games. She reached the 20-career double-double mark to rank 10th in program history and led the Rebels off the glass last year with 8.0 boards per game.
After three years at North Carolina, Todd-Williams joined the Rebels this offseason as a coveted get from the transfer portal as one of ESPN's Top-15 available transfers. Todd-Williams started in all 33 games last season for the Tar Heels en route to earning Second-Team All-ACC honors as well as making the All-ACC Academic team. From beyond the arc, Todd-Williams led Carolina in made three's and notched 20 or more points five times throughout her junior campaign.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award are Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021-23), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019), and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram.
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 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: WBCA.org, follow @wbca1981 or call 1-770-279-8027.
About the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith 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 hoophall.com, follow @hoophall or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.
Season tickets for the 2023-24 campaign are on sale now along with single-game tickets for Ole Miss' opening night matchup against Oklahoma on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. for $5 each at OleMissTix.com
Follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on X at @YolettMcCuin
Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Watchlist
| NAME | CLASS | SCHOOL |
| Aneesah Morrow | Jr. | LSU |
| Rickea Jackson | Gr. | Tennessee |
| Alyssa Ustby | Sr. | North Carolina |
| Cotie McMahon | So. | Ohio State |
| Caroline Ducharme | Jr. | UConn |
| Aijha Blackwell | Gr. | Baylor |
| Azzi Fudd | Jr. | UConn |
| Lior Garzon | Sr. | Oklahoma State |
| Jordyn Merritt | Sr. | Texas Tech |
| Jakia Brown-Turner | Gr. | Maryland |
| Madison Scott | Sr. | Ole Miss |
| Grace VanSlooten | So. | Oregon |
| Skylar Vann | Sr. | Oklahoma |
| Yarden Garzon | So. | Indiana |
| Jordan King | Sr. | Marquette |
| Morgan Maly | Sr. | Creighton |
| Kiki Jefferson | Gr. | Louisville |
| McKenzie Forbes | Gr. | USC |
| Kennedy Todd-Williams | Sr. | Ole Miss |
| Mara Braun | So. | Minnesota |
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