Dawn Staley Award | |
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![]() Dawn Staley | |
Awarded for | The nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Phoenix Club of Philadelphia |
First awarded | 2013 |
Currently held by | Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame |
Website | Official site |
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]
Season | Player | School | Class | Ref. |
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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] |
Dawn Staley Award | |
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![]() Dawn Staley | |
Awarded for | The nation’s best guard in Women’s Division I college basketball |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Phoenix Club of Philadelphia |
First awarded | 2013 |
Currently held by | Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame |
Website | Official site |
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]
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] |