Temple University Athletics
Davis Named Cheryl Miller Award Finalist
2.9.22 | Women's Basketball
Springfield, Mass. — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced today the 10 watch list candidates for the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award. Temple's Mia Davis was included on the shortlist for the third consecutive season.
Davis is in the midst of the best scoring season of her career, averaging 19.1 points per game throughout the season and 21.3 in conference play to lead the conference. Davis is also leading the team grabbing 7.3 rebounds per game. In addition to leading the conference in points per game, Davis leads the American Athletic Conference in field goals made (142), field-goal percentage (50.2%), free throws made (91), and minutes played.
Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late February, the watch list of 10 players for the 2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to five. In March those finalists will be presented to Ms. Miller and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award and the Lisa Leslie Center Award, in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award include Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019) and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
Below is the list of the ten finalists:
Taylor Soule, Boston College
Jasmine Dickey, University of Delaware
Grace Berger, University of Indiana
Ashley Joens, Iowa State University
Rhyne Howard, University of Kentucky
Emily Engstler, University of Louisville
Aijha Blackwell, University of Missouri
Madi Williams, University of Oklahoma
Haley Jones, Stanford University
*Mia Davis, Temple University
