Naismith Trophy Women’s Midseason 30

The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the Naismith Awards. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, the Naismith Trophy recognizes the top Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Players of the Year.The Naismith Trophy was first presented to UCLA’s Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in 1969. Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan won the inaugural Women’s Naismith Trophy in 1983.

Key Dates

• Four Finalists – Friday, March 20, 2015
• Winner – Monday, April 6, 2015

Naismith Awards Women’s College Coach of the Year

• Four Finalists, – Wednesday, March 18, 2015
• Winner – Monday, April 6, 2015

Name	School	Class	Position	Conference
Brittany Boyd	California	Sr.	G	Pac-12
Lexie Brown	Maryland	Soph.	G	Big Ten
Adut Bulgak	Florida State	Jr.	C	ACC
Kaela Davis	Georgia Tech	Soph.	G	ACC
Nina Davis	Baylor	Soph.	F	Big 12
Blake Dietrick	Princeton	Sr.	G	Ivy
Allisha Gray	North Carolina	Soph.	G	ACC
Reshanda Gray	California	Sr.	F	Pac-12
Precious Hall	James Madison	Jr.	G	Colonial Athletic
Isabelle Harrison	Tennessee	Sr.	C	SEC
Brittany Hrynko	DePaul	Sr.	G	Big East
Moriah Jefferson	Connecticut	Jr.	G	American Athletic
Jonquel Jones	George Washington	Jr.	F	Atlantic 10
Samantha Logic	Iowa	Sr.	G	Big Ten
Jewell Loyd	Notre Dame	Jr.	G	ACC
Kelsey Mitchell	Ohio State	Fr.	G	Big Ten
Tiffany Mitchell	South Carolina	Jr.	G	SEC
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	Connecticut	Sr.	F	American Athletic
Amber Orrange	Stanford	Sr.	G	Pac-12
Kelsey Plum	Washington	Soph.	G	Pac-12
Tyler Scaife	Rutgers	Soph.	G	Big Ten
Ka-Deidre Simmons	Seton Hall	Grad. Student	G	Big East
Breanna Stewart	Connecticut	Jr.	F	American Athletic
Brianna Turner	Notre Dame	Fr.	F	ACC
Courtney Walker	Texas A&M	Jr.	G	SEC
Aleighsa Welch	South Carolina	Sr.	F	SEC
Sydney Wiese	Oregon State	Soph.	G	Pac-12
Courtney Williams	South Florida	Jr.	G	American Athletic
Elizabeth Williams	Duke	Sr.	C/F	ACC
A’ja Wilson	South Carolina	Fr.	G/F	SEC