Award Winners

It’s always a special day when we give out the Dawn Staley award, but I absolutely love that this year it’s going to a freshman because it means fans of our game get to watch Caitlin Clark, an absolute star for so many more years. 

Dawn Staley

It is a humbling thing each year to see the nation’s best guard be acknowledged as such with an award named after me, but this year it is a particular honor; The Dawn Staley Award going to a player I have had the immense privilege to coach over the last four years. Ty Harris is a special guard, a special player, a special person.

Dawn Staley

Kelsey Mitchell, a 5’8” senior guard from Ohio State University, is the second all-time NCAA scoring leader exceeding the mark this year (3.393 points) held by Jackie Stiles.

Kelsey is this year’s big ten “Player of the Year,” 1st. team all Big Ten and averaged 24.3 points per game.

“Kelsey Mitchell is the kind of player who makes this award mean so much to me.”

Dawn Staley

For four  years Kelsey has been exactly the kind of ambassador women's basketball needs - she's exciting, she's talented, and most of all, she's driven. You don't become the highest scoring player in the history of the game without putting in the work, off the court, every single day. No one is more deserving of this award because no one has worked harder for it.

Kelsey is the type of player young girls around the world can look up to, and we're all looking forward to seeing what she does next."  

Dawn Staley