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CAITLIN CLARK NAMED THE DAWN STALEY AWARD 2023 WINNER

Caitlin is the first 3 time Winner of the Award


Caitlin Clark - Winner 2023 Dawn Staley Award


The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia has selected Caitlin Clark as the 2023 Dawn Staley Award honoree. The award is given annually to a player who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed throughout her career; ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win. This is Caitlin’s third year as recipient of the award. Clark was this year’s Big 10 player of the year while posting unprecedented numbers of 984 points,311 assists, 262 rebounds and 56 steals. She led her team in winning the Big 10 Championship while also landing a trip to the final four where she will be going up against Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks.


 “We have a first ever three time winner and Caitlin absolutely deserves it….Caitlin is an absolute force, someone who is quite literally changing the way basketball is being played"  -Dawn Staley


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Andraya Carter

2023 Excellence in Broadcasting Honoree

Andraya Carter joined ESPN in 2018 as a basketball analyst & reporter. Over the past five years, Carter has established herself as one of the rising stars of ESPN’s comprehensive basketball coverage. More >>

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Caitlin will be honored during a virtual Ceremony

Thursday April 6th 2023.

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The Dawn Staley Award


is given to the most outstanding collegiate guard in the country; a player who exemplifies the skills that Dawn possessed during her career (ball handling, scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win).


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