LOS ANGELES – Junior Kiki Rice has been named to the Naismith Starting 5 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award top 10 watch list, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA announced Monday.
 
The Bruin point guard is No. 1 UCLA's second-leading scorer with 13.2 points per game. Rice is shooting a career-best 56.7 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from beyond the arc (17-45 3FG) during her junior campaign. While averaging 4.4 assists per game, Rice leads the Big Ten in assist/turnover ratio (2.93) in her 18 appearances this year.
 
Fans can support their favorite players in the remaining rounds by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, February 7, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
 
The final 5 candidates for the award will be released to the public on a day by day basis starting the week of March 4, with voting set to follow on March 8. 
 
NAME                                 SCHOOL
Katie Dinnebier                 Drake
Harmoni Turner                Harvard
Serena Sundell                  Kansas State
Georgia Amoore               Kentucky
Olivia Miles                        Notre Dame
Te-Hina Paopao                South Carolina
Hailey Van Lith                  TCU
Rori Harmon                      Texas
Kiki Rice                             UCLA
Paige Bueckers                 UConn