Baylor WBB’s Lewis Placed on Lieberman Award Watch List

[Pirtle, Krista]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 27, 2021

WBB’s Lewis Placed on Lieberman Award Watch List
Graduate transfer named to prestigious preseason point guard list
For more information contact: Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610, Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu<mailto:Krista_Pirtle at baylor.edu>


Springfield, Mass. – Baylor’s Jordan Lewis was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA Preseason Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award.



The Lieberman Award recognizes the nation’s top NCAA Division I point guard. The honor is named after Naismith Hall of Fame 1996 Class inductee, Nancy Lieberman. To be considered, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills Lieberman was known for.



Lewis, a graduate transfer from Alabama, put up career numbers for the Crimson Tide a year ago as she averaged career-bests with 17.0 points and 4.2 assists per game. She shot her career best from all three categories on the floor with a 40.8 percent mark from the field, hit 37.3 percent from the 3-point line and made 78.4 percent of her free-throw attempts.



Lewis left Alabama as the program’s fifth all-time leader in assists with 510 and ninth all-time with 1,581 points.



Fans are encouraged to participate in fan voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Nancy Lieberman and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee where a winner will be chosen.


2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Jordan Lewis                         Baylor
Dyaisha Fair                            Buffalo
Ali Patberg                              Indiana
Caitlin Clark                            Iowa
Jazmine Massengill                Kentucky
Hailey Van Lith                       Louisville
Ashley Owusu                         Maryland
Amy Dilk                                  Michigan
Myah Taylor                            Mississippi State
Anastasia Hayes                     Mississippi State
Raina Perez                            NC State
Diamond Johnson                   NC State
Veronica Burton                      Northwestern
Te-Hina Pao Pao                    Oregon
Lauren Park-Lane                   Seton Hall
Destanni Henderson               South Carolina
Lauren Heard                          TCU
Gina Conti                               UCLA
Paige Bueckers                      UConn
Dru Gylten                               Utah
Katia Gallegos                        UTEP

*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season



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Krista Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610

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