Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks
Quinerly Selected To Ann Meyers Drysdale USBWA National Player of the Year Watch List
February 27, 2024 03:29 PM | Women's Basketball
West Virginia University women's basketball junior guard JJ Quinerly was named to the 40-player watch list for the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year and All-American list, as announced by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Tuesday.
The 40 honored players for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America consideration will be placed on the association's annual awards ballot, which will be distributed to members today. The ballot also includes the Tamika Catchings National Freshman Player of the Year Award, the Women's National Coach of the Year Award and the 15-woman USBWA All-America Team. Members will have until Sunday, March 10 to vote for all of the honors that are based on regular-season performance. Write-ins will be accepted on the ballot as well.
The USBWA board will then review and verify the results so that its All-America Team, Freshman Player of the Year and National Coach of the Year will be announced before the start of the men's NCAA Tournament.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner is to be announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Cleveland, from April 7-9. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.
The list of 40 players is punctuated by seven past All-Americans, including the reigning Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner, Iowa's Caitlin Clark, herself a three-time All-America selection and a past winner of the Tamika Catchings Award. Clark was selected as a national player of the week eight times this season. Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I women's college basketball history earlier this month and her 32.1 points and 8.5 assists per game lead the nation.
Following is the complete watch list:
Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech
Meghan Andersen, Fairfield
Raegan Beers, Oregon State
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Madison Booker, Texas
Cameron Brink, Stanford
Tayla Brugler, St. Joseph's
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Kaitlyn Chen, Princeton
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
Dyaisha Fair, Syracuse
Lauren Gustin, BYU
Madison Hayes, NC State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State
MacKenzie Holmes, Indiana
Abbey Hsu, Columbia
Kiki Irafen, Stanford
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Aziaha James, NC State
Deja Kelly, North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech
Kate Martin, Iowa
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Lucy Olsen, Villanova
Charisma Osborne, UCLA
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Alissa Pili, Utah
Ja'Naiya Quinerly, West Virginia
Angel Reese, LSU
Rachael Rose, Wofford
Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina
JuJu Watkins, USC
Laura Ziegler, St. Joseph's
By conference: ACC 8, Pac-12 8, Big Ten 5, SEC 5, Big 12 3, Big East 3, Atlantic 10 2, Ivy League 2, Metro Atlantic 1, Mountain West 1, Southern 1, West Coast 1.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women's national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale's honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected a women's All-America team since the 1996-97 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at 814-574-1485.
The 40 honored players for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America consideration will be placed on the association's annual awards ballot, which will be distributed to members today. The ballot also includes the Tamika Catchings National Freshman Player of the Year Award, the Women's National Coach of the Year Award and the 15-woman USBWA All-America Team. Members will have until Sunday, March 10 to vote for all of the honors that are based on regular-season performance. Write-ins will be accepted on the ballot as well.
The USBWA board will then review and verify the results so that its All-America Team, Freshman Player of the Year and National Coach of the Year will be announced before the start of the men's NCAA Tournament.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner is to be announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Cleveland, from April 7-9. The formal presentation of the trophy will follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.
The list of 40 players is punctuated by seven past All-Americans, including the reigning Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner, Iowa's Caitlin Clark, herself a three-time All-America selection and a past winner of the Tamika Catchings Award. Clark was selected as a national player of the week eight times this season. Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I women's college basketball history earlier this month and her 32.1 points and 8.5 assists per game lead the nation.
Following is the complete watch list:
Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech
Meghan Andersen, Fairfield
Raegan Beers, Oregon State
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Madison Booker, Texas
Cameron Brink, Stanford
Tayla Brugler, St. Joseph's
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Kaitlyn Chen, Princeton
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
Dyaisha Fair, Syracuse
Lauren Gustin, BYU
Madison Hayes, NC State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State
MacKenzie Holmes, Indiana
Abbey Hsu, Columbia
Kiki Irafen, Stanford
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Aziaha James, NC State
Deja Kelly, North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech
Kate Martin, Iowa
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Lucy Olsen, Villanova
Charisma Osborne, UCLA
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Alissa Pili, Utah
Ja'Naiya Quinerly, West Virginia
Angel Reese, LSU
Rachael Rose, Wofford
Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina
JuJu Watkins, USC
Laura Ziegler, St. Joseph's
By conference: ACC 8, Pac-12 8, Big Ten 5, SEC 5, Big 12 3, Big East 3, Atlantic 10 2, Ivy League 2, Metro Atlantic 1, Mountain West 1, Southern 1, West Coast 1.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women's national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale's honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected a women's All-America team since the 1996-97 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at 814-574-1485.
Players Mentioned
G
/ Women's BasketballWVU Medicine Playbook | Baylor Preview
Thursday, January 29
Jordan Harrison | Jan. 27
Thursday, January 29
Mark Kellogg | Jan. 29
Thursday, January 29
Mark Kellogg, Meme Wheeler & Sydney Shaw | Arizona State
Wednesday, January 21
