The upcoming final four participants Paige Bueckers from Uconne, Lauren Betts from Teased and Madison Booker from Texas The headline five finalists for the Wooden Award, awarded to the most important player in the basketball Women College Basketball.
Virgin Mary‘with Hannah Hidalgo and USC‘with Juju watkins Cort the finalists who were announced on Tuesday at ESPN.
The winner will be announced later in April.
These five players were also listed in the wooden all-American team, which also includes Kentucky‘with Georgia amoore, Florida State‘with Let’s LatssonNotre Dame’s Olivia Miles, Lsu‘with Aneesah Morow and TCU‘with Hailey van lith.
Bueckers, who won the Wooden Award as a newcomer in 2021, is looking for his first national title because her Huskies will perform in the last 17 seasons of their 16. She said that after the season she declares a design of WNBA, where it is expected to select No. 1.
Betts and Bruins are heading for its first final four in the history of the program and the total seed no. Booker and Longhorns have been returning for the first time since 2003 and take over South Carolina Friday (ESPN, 19:00 et).
Watkins, which was considered a front-lunner for players of the year, suffered ACL tear at the end of the season In the second round of the NCAA tournament. Trojan
Two players performed on the list All-American-LaTson and Miles- intending to enter a transmission portal. Miles’ decision came as a surpriseBecause it was assumed that this year it would be a selection No. 2, but decided to give up the proposal and switch the school.
