A Complete Tracker of UNC Basketball Players Named to Award Watch Lists
Posted Nov 4, 2024
Seven Tar Heels have been named to basketball award watchlists: R.J. Davis: Jerry West Award, Naismith Trophy, NABC Player of the Year; Alyssa Ustby: Cheryl Miller Award, Naismith Trophy; Elliot Cadeau: Bob Cousy Award; Drake Powell: Julius Erving Award; Ian Jackson: Julius Erving Award; Cade Tyson: Karl Malone Award; Maria Gakdeng: Lisa Leslie Award.
(Chapelboro.com)
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