Midseason Watch List for 2019 Dawn Staley Award revealed
The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced the Midseason Watch List for the 2019 Dawn Staley Award. Established in 2013, the honor recognizes the nation’s best guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.
Named after women’s basketball legend and Hall of Famer Dawn Staley, the award is given to a player “who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed throughout her career: ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win.”
Four finalists will be revealed in mid-March and the winner will be announced during the weekend of the Final Four.
2019 Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List
| Aari McDonald | Arizona |
| Tyasha Harris | South Carolina |
| Cierra Dillard | Buffalo |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | Connecticut |
| Kenisha Bell | Minnesota |
| Arike Ogunbowale | Notre Dame |
| Sophie Cunningham | Missouri |
| Asia Durr | Louisville |
| Tiana Mangakahia | Syracuse |
| Shakyla Hill | Grambling State |
| Shania Johnson | Stony Brook |
| Chennedy Carter | Texas A&M |
| Te’a Cooper | South Carolina |
| Sabrina Ionescu | Oregon |
| Crystal Dangerfield | Connecticut |
Previous Winners
- 2018 Kelsey Mitchell
- 2017 Kelsey Plum
- 2016 Moriah Jefferson
- 2015 Tiffany Mitchell
- 2014 Odyssey Sims
- 2013 Skylar Diggins
