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Betts, Osborne, Rice Named to Naismith Women’s Player of the Year Midseason Team
February 13, 2024 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Three Bruins have been named to the 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's Player of the Year Midseason Team, the Atlanta Tipoff Club and Naismith Awards announced Tuesday.
Sophomores Lauren Betts and Kiki Rice join graduate student Charisma Osborne on the list of honorees. UCLA boasts the most student-athletes from a single institution; no other program has more than two student-athletes represented (LSU, Ohio State, Stanford, UConn, Virginia Tech)
FULL LIST
Georgia Amoore – Senior – G - Virginia Tech
Raegan Beers – Sophomore – F – Oregon State
Lauren Betts – Sophomore – C – UCLA
Madison Booker – Freshman – F – Texas
Cameron Brink – Senior – F – Stanford
Paige Bueckers – Senior – G – UConn
Kamilla Cardoso – Senior – C – South Carolina
Caitlin Clark – Senior – G – Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards – Senior – F – UConn
Yvonne Ejim – Senior – F – Gonzaga
Dyaisha Fair – Grad Student – G – Syracuse
Hannah Hidalgo – Freshman – G – Notre Dame
Mackenzie Holmes – Grad Student – F – Indiana
Abbey Hsu – Senior – G – Columbia
Kiki Iriafen – Junior – F – Stanford
Rickea Jackson – Fifth Year – F – Tennessee
Elizabeth Kitley – Grad Student – C – Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latson – Sophomore – G – Florida State
Ayoka Lee – Senior – C – Kansas State
Cotie McMahon – Sophomore – F – Ohio State
Aneesah Morrow – Junior – G – LSU
Charisma Osborne – Grad Student – G – UCLA
Te-Hina Paopao – Senior – G – South Carolina
Alissa Pili – Senior – F – Utah
Angel Reese – Junior – F – LSU
Kiki Rice – Sophomore – G – UCLA
Saniya Rivers – Junior – G – NC State
Jacy Sheldon – Grad Student – G – Ohio State
Jaylyn Sherrod – Grad Student – G – Colorado
Judea "JuJu" Watkins – Freshman – G – USC
Sophomores Lauren Betts and Kiki Rice join graduate student Charisma Osborne on the list of honorees. UCLA boasts the most student-athletes from a single institution; no other program has more than two student-athletes represented (LSU, Ohio State, Stanford, UConn, Virginia Tech)
FULL LIST
Georgia Amoore – Senior – G - Virginia Tech
Raegan Beers – Sophomore – F – Oregon State
Lauren Betts – Sophomore – C – UCLA
Madison Booker – Freshman – F – Texas
Cameron Brink – Senior – F – Stanford
Paige Bueckers – Senior – G – UConn
Kamilla Cardoso – Senior – C – South Carolina
Caitlin Clark – Senior – G – Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards – Senior – F – UConn
Yvonne Ejim – Senior – F – Gonzaga
Dyaisha Fair – Grad Student – G – Syracuse
Hannah Hidalgo – Freshman – G – Notre Dame
Mackenzie Holmes – Grad Student – F – Indiana
Abbey Hsu – Senior – G – Columbia
Kiki Iriafen – Junior – F – Stanford
Rickea Jackson – Fifth Year – F – Tennessee
Elizabeth Kitley – Grad Student – C – Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latson – Sophomore – G – Florida State
Ayoka Lee – Senior – C – Kansas State
Cotie McMahon – Sophomore – F – Ohio State
Aneesah Morrow – Junior – G – LSU
Charisma Osborne – Grad Student – G – UCLA
Te-Hina Paopao – Senior – G – South Carolina
Alissa Pili – Senior – F – Utah
Angel Reese – Junior – F – LSU
Kiki Rice – Sophomore – G – UCLA
Saniya Rivers – Junior – G – NC State
Jacy Sheldon – Grad Student – G – Ohio State
Jaylyn Sherrod – Grad Student – G – Colorado
Judea "JuJu" Watkins – Freshman – G – USC
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