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Davis Named AAC Preseason Player of the Year
10.13.21 | Women's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - The American Athletic Conference announced today that forward Mia Davis has been named the conference Preseason Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Davis was also the only unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Conference First Team as the Owls were picked to finish fifth in the 2021-22 preseason poll.
Last season, Davis was named AAC's Co-Preseason Player of the Year along with Cincinnati's Ilmar'I Thomas. Davis finished the season starting all 22 games for the Owls while leading the team in scoring (17.7) and rebounds (7.6). Davis was named as a Top 10 Finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award along with being selected to the All-Big 5 and All-AAC First Teams. To top it off, Davis was nabbed as a 2021 USBWA All-American Honorable Mention.
The top two teams remain the same from last season's preseason poll. USF was picked to win the conference for the second straight year with 10 first-place votes totaling 100 points followed by UCF with one first-place vote and 91 points. Houston (77) and Tulane (72) are the only other teams to come in ahead of the Owls. The Cherry & White totaled 69 points, placing in front of conference foes Cincinnati (44), East Carolina (38), Wichita State (36), Tulsa (32), SMU (26), and Memphis (20).
The Owls finished the 2020-21 season splitting their games right down the middle at 11-11 overall, falling to Tulane in the first round of the conference tournament.
2021-22 American Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
Last season, Davis was named AAC's Co-Preseason Player of the Year along with Cincinnati's Ilmar'I Thomas. Davis finished the season starting all 22 games for the Owls while leading the team in scoring (17.7) and rebounds (7.6). Davis was named as a Top 10 Finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award along with being selected to the All-Big 5 and All-AAC First Teams. To top it off, Davis was nabbed as a 2021 USBWA All-American Honorable Mention.
The top two teams remain the same from last season's preseason poll. USF was picked to win the conference for the second straight year with 10 first-place votes totaling 100 points followed by UCF with one first-place vote and 91 points. Houston (77) and Tulane (72) are the only other teams to come in ahead of the Owls. The Cherry & White totaled 69 points, placing in front of conference foes Cincinnati (44), East Carolina (38), Wichita State (36), Tulsa (32), SMU (26), and Memphis (20).
The Owls finished the 2020-21 season splitting their games right down the middle at 11-11 overall, falling to Tulane in the first round of the conference tournament.
2021-22 American Women's Basketball Preseason Poll
| Place (first place votes) | Points |
| 1. South Florida (10) | 100 |
| 2. UCF (1) | 91 |
| 3. Houston | 77 |
| 4. Tulane | 72 |
| 5. Temple | 69 |
| 6. Cincinnati | 44 |
| 7. East Carolina | 38 |
| 8. Wichita State | 36 |
| 9. Tulsa | 32 |
| 10. SMU | 26 |
| 11. Memphis | 20 |
Preseason Player of the Year
Mia Davis, F, Temple
Preseason All-Conference First Team
Tay Sanders, G, UCF
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu, F, South Florida
Bethy Mununga, F, South Florida
Elena Tsineke, G, South Florida
Mia Davis, F, Temple*
Asia Strong, F, Wichita State
Preseason All-Conference Second Team
Laila Blair, G, Houston
Sydni Harvey, G, South Florida
Elisa Pinzan, G, South Florida
Krystal Freeman, F, Tulane
Maya Mayberry, G, Tulsa
* denotes unanimous selection
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