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Kea Named To Naismith Award Watch List
November 12, 2018 | Women's Basketball
ATLANTA – North Carolina senior guard Paris Kea is among 50 players named on the Citizen Naismith Trophy Women's Watch List, announced Monday by The Atlanta Tipoff Club.
Kea is off to a fast start in her final collegiate season, averaging 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a pair of victories last week for the Tar Heels.
From Greensboro, North Carolina, Kea has already been named to the Wooden Award Top-30 Watch List, the Nancy Lieberman Watch List for the nation's top point guard, the preseason All-ACC team and a preseason third team All-America by Street & Smith's.
The midseason 30 team will be announced on Feb. 11, 2019, and then the competition will be narrowed down to 10 national semifinalists on March 4, 2019. The four finalists will be named on March 22, 2019, and the winner of the 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy for Women's Player of the Year will be announced on April 6, 2019.
Overall, 11 players on the Women's Watch List represent the ACC, and the SEC is a close runner-up with 10 candidates included. Notre Dame, the 2018 NCAA Women's Basketball Champion and a program looking for a second Women's Citizen Naismith Trophy win, leads the pack with five players appearing on the Watch List, followed by UConn, which has won more Citizen Naismith Trophies (10) than any other school and Baylor and Oregon with three candidates apiece.
Kea is off to a fast start in her final collegiate season, averaging 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a pair of victories last week for the Tar Heels.
From Greensboro, North Carolina, Kea has already been named to the Wooden Award Top-30 Watch List, the Nancy Lieberman Watch List for the nation's top point guard, the preseason All-ACC team and a preseason third team All-America by Street & Smith's.
The midseason 30 team will be announced on Feb. 11, 2019, and then the competition will be narrowed down to 10 national semifinalists on March 4, 2019. The four finalists will be named on March 22, 2019, and the winner of the 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy for Women's Player of the Year will be announced on April 6, 2019.
Overall, 11 players on the Women's Watch List represent the ACC, and the SEC is a close runner-up with 10 candidates included. Notre Dame, the 2018 NCAA Women's Basketball Champion and a program looking for a second Women's Citizen Naismith Trophy win, leads the pack with five players appearing on the Watch List, followed by UConn, which has won more Citizen Naismith Trophies (10) than any other school and Baylor and Oregon with three candidates apiece.
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