Sheldon Named to 2024 Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List
10/16/2023 1:11:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball
The award recognizes the top point guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.
COLUMBUS, Ohio?– The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced the 20 watch-list candidates for the 2024 Nancy Lieberman Award on Monday. Graduate guard Jacy Sheldon was one of the 20 players named to the preseason watch list.
Now in its 24th year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates. To be considered for this prestigious award, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, playmaking, and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman.
Sheldon made an immediate impact for Ohio State when she returned for the postseason in 2022-23 after missing 23 games due to injury throughout the season. Sheldon scored in double figures in all four NCAA Tournament games and made the last-second game-winning shot against North Carolina in the second round. She averaged 13.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.5 assists per game despite returning in a limited capacity after being injured. The 2022 AP All-American Honorable Mention ranks in the top-25 in program history in 10 different categories heading into the 2023-24 season after helping lead Ohio State to its first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 30 years last season.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, October 20. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2024 Nancy Liberman Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Lieberman and the Hall of Fame's selection committee, where a winner will be selected.
Ohio State opens the 2023-24 season against USC in Las Vegas as part of the Hall of Fame Series (info). The Buckeyes' home opener is scheduled for Nov. 12 against IUPUI at 1 p.m. View the full Ohio State women's basketball schedule HERE.
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