GoUSFBulls.com Jespersen Lands on Cheryl Miller Award Watch List

[Brad]

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Jespersen Lands on Cheryl Miller Award Watch List

 

TAMPA, NOV. 8, 2017 – The American Athletic Conference Most Improved Player of the Year, Maria Jespersen, has left a lasting impact on the national landscape as the USF senior was named to the 2018 Cheryl Miller Award watch list the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. Jespersen is one of 20 watch list candidates.

 

The Cheryl Miller Award is named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year. The annual award, in its inaugural year, recognizes the top small forwards in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.

 

“Cheryl Miller was an unstoppable force on the court, legendarily scoring more than 100 points in a single high school game,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. “At USC, Cheryl continued her dominance winning two NCAA Championships. When it comes to small forwards, no one has done it better and the young women recognized on this list should be honored to be associated with one of the game’s all-time greats.”

 

Jespersen (Arhus, Denmark) was an American preseason all-conference honoree and led the Bulls in rebounds with 9.0 rebounds per game last season. The forward averaged a team second-best 14.7 points per game. Jespersen turned in 11 double-double performances and scored her career-high 26 points on four different occasions. Jespersen was a WBCA All-Region 3 honoree as a junior and landed on the league’s all-conference first team.

 

The winner of the 2018 Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award will be announced during ESPN2’s telecast of the national semifinal games in the 2018 NCAA Women’s Final Four in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, March 30. 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, as well as the Wade Trophy, the sport’s oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award.

 

For more information on the 2018 Cheryl Miller Award, visithttp://www.hoophallawards.com.

 

USF opens its season Friday, Nov. 10 at the USF Sun Dome Arena. The Bulls host LSU at 5:30 p.m.

 

2018 Cheryl Miller Award Candidates

Hannah Cook	Alabama
Gabby Williams	Connecticut
Shakayla Thomas	Florida St.
Jill Barta	Gonzaga
Amanda Cahill	Indiana
Bridget Carleton	Iowa St
Raigyne Louis	LSU
Erika Davenport	Marquette
Brianna Fraser	Maryland
Branndais Agee	Michigan St
Sophie Cunningham	Missouri
Liza Fruendt	Missouri St.
Stephanie Mavunga	Ohio State
Maddie Manning	Oklahoma
Maria Jespersen	South Florida
Jaime Nared	Tennessee
Ariel Atkins	Texas
Kennedy Burke	UCLA
Teana Muldrow	West Virginia
Cayla McMorris	Wisconsin

  *Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2017-18 season*

 

 

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[DELdaBull]

Cool.  Only issue is Maria plays power forward for us.

[charsibb]

Good luck Maria!

Good PR for us, wonder why she ended up on BOTH lists?

 

[CousinRicky]

Good for her.  She's such a nice kid.  If she improves over last year, LF stays healthy and can hit that rainbow 3 of hers more consistently, Henshaw improves, we'll be in a good place this year.  Competition is stiffer so record may or may not be better than last year but they will be more battle tested for the NCAA tourney.