FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: MICHAEL G. HORSEY, FOUNDER, THE PHOENIX CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA 215-432-6983 March 20, 2020 The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia has announced that Tyasha Harris is this year’s Dawn Staley Award winner. Tyasha Harris, the senior all-American guard from south Carolina, averaged 12.1 points and 5.7 assist per game. She led her team to a number one national ranking and a regular season Sec and conference championship. Tyasha essentially was the best guard on the best team in the country. “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. She won a national championship as a freshman and spent the next two years working harder than any player in the country, honing her talents and quietly building one of the great careers in South Carolina history. This year it all paid off and the entire basketball world got to see her vision, her scoring ability, her tenacity and her leadership as she raised her team to be the best in the nation. I could not be more proud of this young women and it is my distinct honor to recognize Ty Harris as the 2020 recipient of the Dawn Staley Award” …..said Dawn Staley THIS YEAR’S AWARD CEREMONY, SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY APRIL 9TH AT THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CEREMONY FOR TY HARRIS WHERE SHE WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER ACHIEVEMENT AS THIS YEAR’S DAWN STALEY AWARD RECIPIENT