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Kristen Simon Selected To Watch List For Lisa Leslie Award
November 10, 2017 | Women's Basketball, Features
The Trojan senior is one of 20 players tabbed as the top centers in the nation.
USC senior post player Kristen Simon has received national acclaim as one of the nation's top-20 centers named to the watch list for the 2018 Lisa Leslie Award. The Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Coaches Association released their selections today (Nov. 10).Â
The award — named for Trojan great Lisa Leslie, who was a three-time All-American and 1994 National Player of the Year during her time at USC — will honor the nation's top center, to be announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Columbus, Ohio. This 20-player watch list will narrow to 10 in mid-February before five finalists are revealed in March.
Simon, a 6-2 post who officially starts her senior season with the Women of Troy tonight in USC's home opener at 4 p.m., was named to the All-Pac-12 Team as a junior. She led the Trojans in scoring (14.6 points per game) and rebounding (8.7 rebounds per game) in the 2016-17 campaign. The versatile Simon has collected 18 double-doubles in her USC career to date, boasting a 21-rebound performance as a sophomore to net the fourth most single-game records ever by a Trojan. That effort was just two boards away from the career-best posted by Leslie while she was a Trojan.
For the complete Lisa Leslie Award watch list release, go to:Â hoophallawards.com
The award — named for Trojan great Lisa Leslie, who was a three-time All-American and 1994 National Player of the Year during her time at USC — will honor the nation's top center, to be announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Columbus, Ohio. This 20-player watch list will narrow to 10 in mid-February before five finalists are revealed in March.
Simon, a 6-2 post who officially starts her senior season with the Women of Troy tonight in USC's home opener at 4 p.m., was named to the All-Pac-12 Team as a junior. She led the Trojans in scoring (14.6 points per game) and rebounding (8.7 rebounds per game) in the 2016-17 campaign. The versatile Simon has collected 18 double-doubles in her USC career to date, boasting a 21-rebound performance as a sophomore to net the fourth most single-game records ever by a Trojan. That effort was just two boards away from the career-best posted by Leslie while she was a Trojan.
For the complete Lisa Leslie Award watch list release, go to:Â hoophallawards.com
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