Ustby In Top 10 For Miller Award

North Carolina junior Alyssa Ustby has been named among the top 10 candidates for the 2023 Cheryl Miller Award, as announced on Wednesday by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

The award honors the nation's top small forward and is named after Miller, the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer.

Ustby, from Rochester, Minn., has started the last 70 games for the Tar Heels, who are 16-5 overall and 7-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. She ranks among the ACC's top 15 in scoring (13.7, 12^th), rebounding (3^rd, 9.2), field goal percentage (3^rd. .519), blocks (9^th, 1.2) and steals (12^th, 2.0).

Ustby has been on the preseason 20-player watch list for the past two years but is in the top 10 for the first time. She's is one of four ACC players among the finalists. For a look at the full list, click here.

Fan voting for the awards will open on Friday at hoophallawards.com.

North Carolina returns to action on Thursday, hosting Virginia at Carmichael Arena. Tip-off is 6 p.m.

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