Gray Selected to Cheryl Miller Award Watch List
October 27, 2021 | Women's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech senior Vivian Gray has been named to the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Gray was a 2021 Cheryl Miller Award Top-10 Finalist after averaging 19.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game last season and is now on a list of 20 candidates for this year's award.
Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates. Gray is joined by Ashley Jones (Iowa State) and Madi Williams (Oklahoma) from the Big 12 on the watch list.Â
A three-time All-American, Gray earned unanimous 2021-22 Preseason All-Big 12 selection after earning All-Big 12 First Team for the third straight season last year. The super senior finished the 2020-21 campaign fourth in the conference in scoring (19.8 ppg), eighth in rebounding (8.2 rpg), 10th in field goal percentage (.438) and fifth in blocked shots (1.6 bpg). She was the only power five player in the country to average 19+ points, 8+ rebounds and 2.5+ assists, earning her way to WBCA Coaches All-America Honorable Mention. The Argyle, Texas native played three seasons at Oklahoma State before transferring to Texas Tech last season.
The 2021-22 Lady Raider basketball season tips off Thursday, Nov. 11 against Southeastern Louisiana at United Supermarkets Arena.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Ms. Miller and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2022 Cheryl Miller 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 Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award and the Lisa Leslie Center Award, in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award include Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019) and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2021 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
For the latest information on the Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team, visit TexasTech.com or follow @LadyRaiderWBB on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates. Gray is joined by Ashley Jones (Iowa State) and Madi Williams (Oklahoma) from the Big 12 on the watch list.Â
A three-time All-American, Gray earned unanimous 2021-22 Preseason All-Big 12 selection after earning All-Big 12 First Team for the third straight season last year. The super senior finished the 2020-21 campaign fourth in the conference in scoring (19.8 ppg), eighth in rebounding (8.2 rpg), 10th in field goal percentage (.438) and fifth in blocked shots (1.6 bpg). She was the only power five player in the country to average 19+ points, 8+ rebounds and 2.5+ assists, earning her way to WBCA Coaches All-America Honorable Mention. The Argyle, Texas native played three seasons at Oklahoma State before transferring to Texas Tech last season.
The 2021-22 Lady Raider basketball season tips off Thursday, Nov. 11 against Southeastern Louisiana at United Supermarkets Arena.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Ms. Miller and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2022 Cheryl Miller 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 Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award and the Lisa Leslie Center Award, in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award include Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019) and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2021 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
For the latest information on the Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team, visit TexasTech.com or follow @LadyRaiderWBB on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Candidates*
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Sam Thomas |
Arizona |
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Taylor Soule |
Boston College |
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Jasmine Dickey |
Delaware |
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Elizabeth Balogun |
Duke |
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Grace Berger |
Indiana |
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Ashley Jones |
Iowa State |
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Rhyne Howard |
Kentucky |
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Emily Engstler |
Louisville |
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Chloe Bibby |
Maryland |
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Rickea Jackson |
Mississippi St. |
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Alyssa Utsby |
North Carolina |
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Erica Johnson |
Ohio |
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Madi Williams |
Oklahoma |
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Andra Espinoza-Hunter |
Seton Hall |
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Myah Selland |
South Dakota State |
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Haley Jones |
Stanford |
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Mia Davis |
Temple |
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Rae Burrell |
Tennessee |
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Kayla Wells |
Texas A&M |
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Texas Tech |
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
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