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Hild, Shelby
Shelby_Hild at baylor.edu
Thu Oct 19 12:05:00 CDT 2023
BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – October 19, 2023
Baylor WBB’s Edwards, Littlepage-Buggs Selected to Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List
The Bears are two of five Big 12 players represented on the list of 20 candidates
For more information contact: Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591, shelby_hild at baylor.edu<mailto:shelby_hild at baylor.edu>
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced on Thursday that Baylor women’s basketball’s Dre’Una Edwards and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs have been named to the 2024 Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List.
The recognition marks the second-straight year that Edwards has been one of 20 candidates to earn the honor, while this is the first-career national preseason accolade for Littlepage-Buggs.
Named after the two-time All-American and 1987 National Player of the Year, the annual award in its seventh year recognizes the top power forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Receiving her second nomination for the award after transferring from Kentucky ahead of the 2022-23 season, Edwards earned a Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention her first year in the league. Before sitting out last season due to transfer rules, Edwards played a key role in the 2022 SEC Tournament Championship for the Wildcats, sinking the game-winning 3-pointer against No. 1 South Carolina to secure the title. She finished the year second on the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game off 44.1 percent shooting from the field.
The unanimous 2023 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Littlepage-Buggs enters her sophomore season coming off a record-setting true freshman campaign for the Bears. Receiving the most weekly Big 12 Freshman of the Week honors in BU program history and second-most ever in the conference, she led the team with 14 double-doubles, 9.4 rebounds per contest and finished with 28 blocks.
In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2024 Katrina McClain Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to McClain and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee, where a winner will be selected.
Beginning Oct. 20, fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds.
2024 Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates*
Janiah Barker Texas A&M
Erynn Barnum Mississippi State
Sam Brunelle Virginia
Addie Budnik Richmond
Olivia Cochran Louisville
Mimi Collins NC State
Aicha Coulibaly Texas A&M
Aaliyah Edwards UConn
Dre’Una Edwards Baylor
Sania Feagin South Carolina
DeYona Gaston Texas
Lauren Gustin BYU
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs Baylor
Esmery Martinez Arizona
Quay Miller Colorado
Aaliyah Moore Texas
Alissa Pili Utah
Angel Reese LSU
Emma Ronsiek Creighton
Maddy Westbend Notre Dame
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point during the 2023-24 season
To stay up-to-date on all things Baylor women's basketball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.
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Shelby Hild | Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-405-7591
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