Espinoza-Hunter Named to Cheryl Miller Award Watch List
10/27/2021 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The All-BIG EAST performer is one of only 20 players nationwide up for the national small forward of the year award.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Seton Hall women's basketball graduate student Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) was named to the prestigious Cheryl Miller Award Watch List by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Wednesday.
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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.
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Espinoza-Hunter joined the Pirates mid-season last year and immediately took the BIG EAST by storm. Since joining the team, she scored in double-figures in 16 of 17 games, reached 20 points seven times and was named BIG EAST Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks. Espinoza-Hunter finished third in the conference with an 18.6 points per game average and twice drained seven three-pointers in a game, tying for the second-most in a single-game in Pirate history. Espinoza-Hunter's 3.1 made three-pointer per game led the conference by a wide margin. On Jan. 20, she exploded for a career-high 30 points in a victory over St. John's.
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Most recently, Espinoza-Hunter was selected for the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, named last week. Espinoza-Hunter, and Marquette's Laura Van Kleunen, are the only two BIG EAST players to make the list of 20.
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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.
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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.
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For more information on the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram.Â
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On Monday, junior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List for the top point guard in the country. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
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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.
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Espinoza-Hunter joined the Pirates mid-season last year and immediately took the BIG EAST by storm. Since joining the team, she scored in double-figures in 16 of 17 games, reached 20 points seven times and was named BIG EAST Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks. Espinoza-Hunter finished third in the conference with an 18.6 points per game average and twice drained seven three-pointers in a game, tying for the second-most in a single-game in Pirate history. Espinoza-Hunter's 3.1 made three-pointer per game led the conference by a wide margin. On Jan. 20, she exploded for a career-high 30 points in a victory over St. John's.
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Most recently, Espinoza-Hunter was selected for the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, named last week. Espinoza-Hunter, and Marquette's Laura Van Kleunen, are the only two BIG EAST players to make the list of 20.
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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.
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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.
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For more information on the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram.Â
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On Monday, junior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List for the top point guard in the country. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
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