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Brown Earns Nod to Lisa Leslie Award Watch List
10/21/2022 1:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Duke junior center Kennedy Brown earned a nod to the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award watch list, as the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced the 20 preseason watch-list candidates Friday afternoon.
Named after the three-time All-American,1994 National Player of the Year and Class of 2015 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its sixth year recognizes the top centers in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Hailing from Derby, Kan., Brown comes to Duke following two seasons at Oregon State, where she played in 53 games with 44 starts. As a sophomore, Brown averaged 7.9 points and 6.3 boards per contest, while also finishing 12th in the Pac-12 with 1.1 blocks per game.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting today, October 21. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Leslie and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2023 Lisa Leslie 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), Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (Shooting Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward) and the Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward), in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LeslieAward 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 Lisa Leslie Award Candidates
Named after the three-time All-American,1994 National Player of the Year and Class of 2015 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its sixth year recognizes the top centers in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Hailing from Derby, Kan., Brown comes to Duke following two seasons at Oregon State, where she played in 53 games with 44 starts. As a sophomore, Brown averaged 7.9 points and 6.3 boards per contest, while also finishing 12th in the Pac-12 with 1.1 blocks per game.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting today, October 21. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Leslie and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2023 Lisa Leslie 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), Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (Shooting Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward) and the Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward), in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LeslieAward 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 Lisa Leslie Award Candidates
| Quay Miller | Colorado | Aliyah Boston | South Carolina |
| Kennedy Brown | Duke | Francesca Belibi | Stanford |
| Mackenzie Holmes | Indiana | Lauren Betts | Stanford |
| Monika Czinano | Iowa | Tamari Key | Tennessee |
| Josie Williams | Louisville | Taylor Jones | Texas |
| Jessika Carter | Mississippi State | Ila Lane | UC Santa Barbara |
| Alexis Markowski | Nebraska | Dorka Juhasz | UConn |
| Lauren Ebo | Notre Dame | Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech |
| Sedona Prince | Oregon | Emma Grothaus | Washington |
| Lucy Cochrane | Portland | Bella Murekatete | Washington State |
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