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Gorecki Earns Wade Watch List Accolades
11/7/2019 2:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. – The preseason honors keep rolling in for Duke University graduate Haley Gorecki as she was named one of 30 candidates for the Wade Trophy National Player of the Year as announced Thursday by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). Â
The Wade Trophy — now in its 43nd year — is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Year since 2001.
Gorecki has already been tabbed a preseason candidate for the Naismith Award and John R. Wooden Award for National Player of the Year, while also selected a candidate for the Meyers Drysdale Award as the top shooting guard in the nation. Â
The "Wade Watch" list of candidates for the Wade Trophy is composed of players selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Selection Committee. The committee will review the list in January to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2019-20 season.
A product of Palatine, Ill., Gorecki is coming off a season where she averaged 17.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.6 steals, while earning All-ACC First Team accolades. She is the highest returning scoring in the ACC and 12th among power five conferences. Gorecki became the third Blue Devil to register 500 points, 200 rebounds, 100 assists and 75 steals in a season a year ago. Â
Duke has featured one Wade Trophy winner over the years as Alana Beard received the award in 2004 to cap off her outstanding Blue Devil career.
Gorecki was the only player in the ACC and one of three among power five conferences a year ago to rank in the top 17 in points, rebounds, steals and assists. Gorecki needs only 170 points to reach 1,000 for her career and has drained 102 three-pointers in 53 games the last two seasons. The 6-0 standout ranked tied for fourth in the ACC last season with 11 games with 20 or more points.
Duke will next travel to College Station, Texas to face sixth-ranked Texas A&M Sunday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m., live on SEC Network+. Â
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The Wade Trophy — now in its 43nd year — is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I National Player of the Year since 2001.
Gorecki has already been tabbed a preseason candidate for the Naismith Award and John R. Wooden Award for National Player of the Year, while also selected a candidate for the Meyers Drysdale Award as the top shooting guard in the nation. Â
The "Wade Watch" list of candidates for the Wade Trophy is composed of players selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Selection Committee. The committee will review the list in January to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2019-20 season.
A product of Palatine, Ill., Gorecki is coming off a season where she averaged 17.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.6 steals, while earning All-ACC First Team accolades. She is the highest returning scoring in the ACC and 12th among power five conferences. Gorecki became the third Blue Devil to register 500 points, 200 rebounds, 100 assists and 75 steals in a season a year ago. Â
Duke has featured one Wade Trophy winner over the years as Alana Beard received the award in 2004 to cap off her outstanding Blue Devil career.
Gorecki was the only player in the ACC and one of three among power five conferences a year ago to rank in the top 17 in points, rebounds, steals and assists. Gorecki needs only 170 points to reach 1,000 for her career and has drained 102 three-pointers in 53 games the last two seasons. The 6-0 standout ranked tied for fourth in the ACC last season with 11 games with 20 or more points.
Duke will next travel to College Station, Texas to face sixth-ranked Texas A&M Sunday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m., live on SEC Network+. Â
#GoDuke
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