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Brown Tabbed to 2024 Lisa Leslie Award Preseason Watch List
10/20/2023 12:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Duke women's basketball senior Kennedy Brown was tabbed to the 20-player preseason watchlist for the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced Friday afternoon.
Named after the three-time All-American,1994 National Player of the Year and Class of 2015 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its sixth year recognizes the top centers in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Brown enters her second season with the Blue Devils in 2023-24. The Derby, Kan., product started all 33 games for Duke during the 2022-23 campaign, registering eight double-figure scoring outings, 16 contests with five or more rebounds – including a pair of double-digit rebounding efforts – and posted a career-best five blocks on two separate occasions. Brown was an instrumental part of a stifling Duke defense that ended the season ranked second in scoring defense, ninth in field goal percentage defense and 10th in blocks.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting today, October 200. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February, to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Leslie and the Hall of Fame's selection committee, where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Award (Point Guard), Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (Shooting Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward), and the Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward), in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LeslieAward on Twitter and Instagram.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
2024 Lisa Leslie Award Candidates
Ila Lane Cal
Kennedy Brown Duke
Mackenzie Holmes Indiana
Taiyanna Jackson Kansas
Ayoka Lee Kansas State
Jessika Carter Mississippi State
Alexis Markowski Nebraska
Maria Gakdeng North Carolina
Liz Scott Oklahoma
Raegan Beers Oregon State
Kamilla Cardoso South Carolina
Cameron Brink Stanford
Sedona Prince TCU
Tamari Key Tennessee
Taylor Jones Texas
Lauren Betts UCLA
Desi-Rae Young UNLV
Rayah Marshall USC
Elizabeth Kitley Virginia Tech
Bella Murekatete Washington State
Named after the three-time All-American,1994 National Player of the Year and Class of 2015 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its sixth year recognizes the top centers in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Brown enters her second season with the Blue Devils in 2023-24. The Derby, Kan., product started all 33 games for Duke during the 2022-23 campaign, registering eight double-figure scoring outings, 16 contests with five or more rebounds – including a pair of double-digit rebounding efforts – and posted a career-best five blocks on two separate occasions. Brown was an instrumental part of a stifling Duke defense that ended the season ranked second in scoring defense, ninth in field goal percentage defense and 10th in blocks.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting today, October 200. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February, to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Leslie and the Hall of Fame's selection committee, where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Award (Point Guard), Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (Shooting Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward), and the Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward), in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LeslieAward on Twitter and Instagram.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
2024 Lisa Leslie Award Candidates
Ila Lane Cal
Kennedy Brown Duke
Mackenzie Holmes Indiana
Taiyanna Jackson Kansas
Ayoka Lee Kansas State
Jessika Carter Mississippi State
Alexis Markowski Nebraska
Maria Gakdeng North Carolina
Liz Scott Oklahoma
Raegan Beers Oregon State
Kamilla Cardoso South Carolina
Cameron Brink Stanford
Sedona Prince TCU
Tamari Key Tennessee
Taylor Jones Texas
Lauren Betts UCLA
Desi-Rae Young UNLV
Rayah Marshall USC
Elizabeth Kitley Virginia Tech
Bella Murekatete Washington State
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