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Dawn Staley Award Watch List Includes Fitzgerald
2.9.17 | Women's Basketball, Feyonda Fitzgerald - All-America Candidate
PHILADELPHIA -- Dawn Staley isn't the only familiar name on the watch list for the award named for the former Temple women's basketball coach. Owls' senior Feyonda Fitzgerald is one of 19 players who were named to the Dawn Staley Award Watch List earlier this week.
The Dawn Staley Award is given to the most outstanding collegiate guard in the country; a player who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed during her career (ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win).
Fitzgerald averages 16.4 points and 7.4 assists per game, with her assist number ranking sixth in the nation. The guard continues to improve her already school record for career assists (573 so far), is now third all-time on Temple's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points.
Fitzgerald has helped lead Temple to an 18-5 overall record, including 8-2 in American Athletic Conference play. The Owls are receiving votes in both national polls and are now number 23 in the NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI).
The Award will be announced during Final Four weekend and the award ceremony will be held in April, 2017 at the Union League of Philadelphia.
2017 Dawn Staley Award Watch List
Adrienne Motley, University of Miami
Alexis Jones, Baylor University
Alexis Peterson, Syracuse University
Jordin Canada, UCLA
Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State University
Kelsey Plum, University of Washington
Makayla Epps, University of Kentucky
Sydney Wiese, Oregon State University
Amy Griffin, La Salle University
Morgan William, Mississippi State University
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, University of Maryland
Katie Lou Samuelson, University of Connecticut
Teniya Page, Penn State University
Tori Jankoska, Michigan State
Allisha Gray, University of South Carolina
Diamond DeShields, University of Tennessee
Lexie Brown, Duke University
Feyonda Fitzgerald, Temple University
Brittney Sykes, Syracuse University
The Dawn Staley Award is given to the most outstanding collegiate guard in the country; a player who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed during her career (ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win).
Fitzgerald averages 16.4 points and 7.4 assists per game, with her assist number ranking sixth in the nation. The guard continues to improve her already school record for career assists (573 so far), is now third all-time on Temple's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points.
Fitzgerald has helped lead Temple to an 18-5 overall record, including 8-2 in American Athletic Conference play. The Owls are receiving votes in both national polls and are now number 23 in the NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI).
The Award will be announced during Final Four weekend and the award ceremony will be held in April, 2017 at the Union League of Philadelphia.
2017 Dawn Staley Award Watch List
Adrienne Motley, University of Miami
Alexis Jones, Baylor University
Alexis Peterson, Syracuse University
Jordin Canada, UCLA
Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State University
Kelsey Plum, University of Washington
Makayla Epps, University of Kentucky
Sydney Wiese, Oregon State University
Amy Griffin, La Salle University
Morgan William, Mississippi State University
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, University of Maryland
Katie Lou Samuelson, University of Connecticut
Teniya Page, Penn State University
Tori Jankoska, Michigan State
Allisha Gray, University of South Carolina
Diamond DeShields, University of Tennessee
Lexie Brown, Duke University
Feyonda Fitzgerald, Temple University
Brittney Sykes, Syracuse University
Players Mentioned
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