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Betts, Osborne Named to USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America Watch Lists
February 27, 2024 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Two Bruins have made the cut for the 2023-24 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America Watch Lists, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) has announced. The USBWA's watch lists are comprised of 40 standout women's college basketball players for the 2023-24 campaign, and both include sophomore Lauren Betts and graduate guard Charisma Osborne among the nation's top student-athletes.
Betts is leading the Bruins in rebounds (194 REB, 8.4 RPG), field goal percentage (.662) and blocks (49 BLK, 2.1 BPG) in her first season at UCLA. The sophomore center is also shooting at team-best .662 FG%, which ranks second in the NCAA and the Pac-12 Conference, trailing only Raegan Beers of Oregon State (.665 FG%). Betts is also scoring 14.9 points per game, tying Osborne for the team-high scoring average.
Osborne (2,199 PTS, 805 REB) joined Sabrina Ionescu as just the second guard in Pac-12 Conference history to reach 2,000+ PTS, 800+ REB in Friday's win over No. 18 Utah. The shooting guard also boasts 450+ career AST (453) and 200+ STL (227) while claiming UCLA's No. 1 spot in three-pointers made (276), games played (145) and games started. Osborne has started 143 games in her career, which outnumbers the amount of games that Monique Billings played (142 GP, 105 GS) while at UCLA. Billings held the record for most games in a Bruin uniform until Osborne took the floor against Oregon St. on Feb. 16.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women's national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale's honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
The 40 honored players for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America consideration will be placed on the association's annual awards ballot, which will be distributed to members today. The ballot also includes the Tamika Catchings National Freshman Player of the Year Award, the Women's National Coach of the Year Award and the 15-woman USBWA All-America Team. Members will have until Sunday, March 10 to vote for all of the honors that are based on regular-season performance.
Following is the complete watch list for the awards:
Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech
Meghan Andersen, Fairfield
Raegan Beers, Oregon State
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Madison Booker, Texas
Cameron Brink, Stanford
Tayla Brugler, St. Joseph's
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Kaitlyn Chen, Princeton
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
Dyaisha Fair, Syracuse
Lauren Gustin, BYU
Madison Hayes, NC State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State
MacKenzie Holmes, Indiana
Abbey Hsu, Columbia
Kiki Irafen, Stanford
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Aziaha James, NC State
Deja Kelly, North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech
Kate Martin, Iowa
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Lucy Olsen, Villanova
Charisma Osborne, UCLA
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Alissa Pili, Utah
Ja'Naiya Quinerly, West Virginia
Angel Reese, LSU
Rachael Rose, Wofford
Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina
JuJu Watkins, USC
Laura Ziegler, St. Joseph's
Betts is leading the Bruins in rebounds (194 REB, 8.4 RPG), field goal percentage (.662) and blocks (49 BLK, 2.1 BPG) in her first season at UCLA. The sophomore center is also shooting at team-best .662 FG%, which ranks second in the NCAA and the Pac-12 Conference, trailing only Raegan Beers of Oregon State (.665 FG%). Betts is also scoring 14.9 points per game, tying Osborne for the team-high scoring average.
Osborne (2,199 PTS, 805 REB) joined Sabrina Ionescu as just the second guard in Pac-12 Conference history to reach 2,000+ PTS, 800+ REB in Friday's win over No. 18 Utah. The shooting guard also boasts 450+ career AST (453) and 200+ STL (227) while claiming UCLA's No. 1 spot in three-pointers made (276), games played (145) and games started. Osborne has started 143 games in her career, which outnumbers the amount of games that Monique Billings played (142 GP, 105 GS) while at UCLA. Billings held the record for most games in a Bruin uniform until Osborne took the floor against Oregon St. on Feb. 16.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women's national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale's honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
The 40 honored players for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and All-America consideration will be placed on the association's annual awards ballot, which will be distributed to members today. The ballot also includes the Tamika Catchings National Freshman Player of the Year Award, the Women's National Coach of the Year Award and the 15-woman USBWA All-America Team. Members will have until Sunday, March 10 to vote for all of the honors that are based on regular-season performance.
Following is the complete watch list for the awards:
Georgia Amoore, Virginia Tech
Meghan Andersen, Fairfield
Raegan Beers, Oregon State
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Madison Booker, Texas
Cameron Brink, Stanford
Tayla Brugler, St. Joseph's
Paige Bueckers, UConn
Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina
Kaitlyn Chen, Princeton
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
Dyaisha Fair, Syracuse
Lauren Gustin, BYU
Madison Hayes, NC State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State
MacKenzie Holmes, Indiana
Abbey Hsu, Columbia
Kiki Irafen, Stanford
Rickea Jackson, Tennessee
Aziaha James, NC State
Deja Kelly, North Carolina
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech
Kate Martin, Iowa
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Lucy Olsen, Villanova
Charisma Osborne, UCLA
Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina
Alissa Pili, Utah
Ja'Naiya Quinerly, West Virginia
Angel Reese, LSU
Rachael Rose, Wofford
Jacy Sheldon, Ohio State
Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina
JuJu Watkins, USC
Laura Ziegler, St. Joseph's
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