Dawn Staley Award

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 award2013
Currently held byJuJu Watkins, USC
WebsiteOfficial site

The Dawn Staley Award was established in 2013 to "recognize the nation’s best guard in NCAA Division I women's basketball". 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".

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