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Taylor Tabbed to Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List
10/18/2022 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Duke women's basketball senior guard Celeste Taylor has been tabbed as one of 20 watch-list candidates for the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Tuesday.
This is Taylor's second consecutive season being named to the preseason watch list for the Anne Meyers Drysdale Award as she also earned the distinction ahead of the 2021-22 season.
Named after the first player, male or female, named to an All-America Team in four straight college seasons, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
As a junior, Taylor started 22 of the 23 games she played in and averaged 11.0 points, 5.5 boards, 2.2 assists and 1.8 steals per contest during the 2021-22 campaign. The Valley Stream, N.Y., product led Duke with 41 steals and ranked eighth in the ACC with a 1.78 per game average.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, October 21. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Meyers Drysdale and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Award (Point Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward), Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward) and the Lisa Leslie Award (Center), in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MeyersAward on Twitter and Instagram.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
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2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates
This is Taylor's second consecutive season being named to the preseason watch list for the Anne Meyers Drysdale Award as she also earned the distinction ahead of the 2021-22 season.
Named after the first player, male or female, named to an All-America Team in four straight college seasons, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
As a junior, Taylor started 22 of the 23 games she played in and averaged 11.0 points, 5.5 boards, 2.2 assists and 1.8 steals per contest during the 2021-22 campaign. The Valley Stream, N.Y., product led Duke with 41 steals and ranked eighth in the ACC with a 1.78 per game average.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, October 21. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Meyers Drysdale and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Award (Point Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward), Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward) and the Lisa Leslie Award (Center), in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MeyersAward on Twitter and Instagram.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates
| Jade Loville | Arizona | Taylor Mikesell | Ohio State |
| Ja'Mee Asberry | Baylor | Taylor Robertson | Oklahoma |
| Celeste Taylor | Duke | Zia Cooke | South Carolina |
| Cameron Swartz | Georgia Tech | Elena Tsineke | South Florida |
| Sara Scalia | Indiana | Jordan Horston | Tennessee |
| Hailey Van Lith | Louisville | Sonya Morris | Texas |
| Diamond Miller | Maryland | Charisma Osborne | UCLA |
| Leigha Brown | Michigan | Azzi Fudd | UConn |
| Jakia Brown-Turner | NC State | Ashley Owusu | Virginia Tech |
| Jaz Shelley | Nebraska | Charlisse Leger-Walker | Washington State |
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