SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Columbia senior Abbey Hsu has been named to the watch list for the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, recognizing the top shooting guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced a list of 20 candidates from around the nation on Tuesday, which was determined by a national committee of top college basketball personnel.
In late January, the watch list of 20 players 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 2024 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.
Hsu is coming off a season in which she scored 606 points (17.8 points per game) and broke the Ivy League's single-season record for made 3-pointers for the second year in a row – she made 112 last season and 108 the year prior. With 285 triples in her career, Hsu sits just two away from the Ivy League record of 287, currently held by Katie Benzan (Harvard, 2016-20). She was also named a unanimous First Team All-Ivy League selection, First Team All-Met (Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association), a semifinalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award and was selected to USA Basketball's 2023 Women's AmeriCup Team in June.
Entering the 2023-24 season, Hsu ranks No. 2 among active NCAA Div. I player in 3-pointers made per game (3.06) and No. 3 in total treys (285). She has 1,515 career points in three seasons, 177 assists and 114 steals, averaging 16.3 points per game, 41.7 percent from the field and 38.4 percent from the perimeter. Her 1,515 points rank second in program history behind all-time Columbia basketball scoring leader Camille Zimmerman '18CC, who scored 1,973, the most of any men's or women's player in school history.
"Each of these players has the same qualities and skills Ann Meyers Drysdale mastered throughout her career," said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. "Ann's impact on the game extends well past her playing career, and we are honored to work alongside her to evaluate our watch list candidates."
Previous winners of the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award are Zia Cooke, South Carolina (2023), Christyn Williams, UConn (2022), Ashley Owusu, Maryland (2021), Aari McDonald, Arizona (2020), Asia Durr, Louisville (2019) and Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State (2018).
2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates*
Abbey Hsu - Columbia
Ta'Niya Latson – Florida State
Brynna Maxwell – Gonzaga
Sara Scalia – Indiana
Gabby Gregory – Kansas State
Hailey Van Lith – LSU
Laila Phelia – Michigan
Jaz Shelley – Nebraska
Sonia Citron – Notre dame
Celeste Taylor – Ohio.State
Ashley Owusu – Penn State
Sammie Puisis – South Florida
Hannah Jump – Stanford
Shaylee Gonzales – Texas
Quinesha Lockett – Toledo
Charisma Osborne – UCLA
Paige Bueckers – UConn
Gianna Kneepkens – Utah
Charlisse Leger-Walker – Washington State
JJ Quinerly – West Virginia
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2023-24 season
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