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Dawn Staley Award

The Dawn Staley Award was established in 2013 to "recognize the nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball".[1] It was established by the Phoenix club of Philadelphia, an organization established to recognize the achievements of outstanding male and female basketball players. The award was named after Dawn Staley, a Philadelphia native recognized as one of the nation's best guards in women's college basketball history. The organization establish a watchlist of potential winners during the year and at the end of the season selects the player who "exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed throughout her career; ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win".[1]

Dawn Staley Award
Dawn Staley
Awarded forThe nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented byPhoenix Club of Philadelphia
First awarded2013
Currently held byHannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
WebsiteOfficial site

Winners

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Season Player School Class Ref.
2012–13 Skylar Diggins Notre Dame Senior [2]
2013–14 Odyssey Sims Baylor Senior [3]
2014–15 Tiffany Mitchell South Carolina Junior [4]
2015–16 Moriah Jefferson UConn Senior [5]
2016–17 Kelsey Plum Washington Senior [6]
2017–18 Kelsey Mitchell Ohio State Senior [7]
2018–19 Asia Durr Louisville Senior [8]
2019–20 Tyasha Harris South Carolina Senior [9]
2020–21 Caitlin Clark Iowa Freshman [10]
2021–22 Caitlin Clark (2) Iowa Sophomore [11]
2022–23 Caitlin Clark (3) Iowa Junior [12]
2023–24 Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame Freshman [13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Dawn Staley Award Home". www.dawnstaleyaward.org. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  2. ^ "Skylar Diggins to receive Dawn Staley award". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. ^ Canizales, Nick. "Odyssey Sims Named Dawn Staley Award Winner". www.kcentv.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  4. ^ "Mitchell Wins The Dawn Staley Award University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site". www.gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  5. ^ "Jefferson Wins Dawn Staley Award". www.uconnhuskies.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  6. ^ "NCAA basketball: Kelsey Plum earns two more ncaa basketball awards". Excelle Sports. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  7. ^ "Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell named 2018 Dawn Staley Award winner". Land-Grant Holy Land. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  8. ^ "Honors continue for Louisville guard Asia Durr". Cardinal Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  9. ^ "Tyasha Harris selected as the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award". 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  10. ^ "Caitlin Clark Named The Dawn Staley Award 2021 Winner" (Press release). The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia. April 2, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "Caitlin Clark Named The Dawn Staley Award 2022 Winner – Back-to-Back" (Press release). The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia. April 2, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Caitlin Clark Named The Dawn Staley Award 2023 Winner" (Press release). The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia. March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "2024 Dawn Staley Award Goes To Hidalgo". Notre Dame Athletics. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
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