Baylor senior Kalani Brown and junior Lauren Cox each earned a spot Tuesday on the WBCA’s Wade Trophy Watch List. Brown, a member of the list for the second-straight season, is already on the WBCA’s Lisa Leslie Award Watch List. Cox is on the WBCA’s Katrina McClain Watch List, and both players are on the John Wooden Award Watch List for the 2018-19 season.
Brown has played in three games thus far in 2018-19 averaging 16.7 points and 5.7 rebounds on a .767 shooting percentage to start the year. She is coming off a junior season in which she averaged a double-double at 20.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per contest. She has been selected as an all-American eight times in her career and is a four-time preseason all-America selection for 2018-19.
Cox has averaged 10.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per contest in four games while shooting .600 from the field. She is a two-time all-American after averaging 15.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per contest as a sophomore last season, and she was named to two preseason all-America teams for 2018-19.
The Wade Trophy will honor the national player of the year for the 42nd time this season and is named after the late Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships.
The watch list consists of 35 players and is selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Selection Committee. The committee will review the list in January to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2018-19 season.
West Virginia’s Tynice Martin was the only other Big 12 player added to the watch list.
2018-19 Wade Trophy Watch List
Player
Institution
Position
Height
Current Year
Kristine Anigwe
California
Center
6-4
Sr.
Kenisha Bell
Minnesota
Guard
5-9
RS Sr.
Allazia Blockton
Marquette
Guard
5-11
Sr.
Kalani Brown
Baylor
Center
6-7
Sr.
Chennedy Carter
Texas A&M
Guard
5-7
So.
Kaila Charles
Maryland
Guard
6-1
Jr.
Napheesa Collier
UCONN
Forward
6-1
Sr.
Lauren Cox
Baylor
Forward
6-4
Jr.
Sophie Cunningham
Missouri
Guard
6-1
Sr.
Crystal Dangerfield
UCONN
Guard
5-5
Jr.
Cierra Dillard
Buffalo
Guard
5-9
Sr.
Asia Durr
Louisville
Guard
5-10
Sr.
Megan Gustafson
Iowa
Forward
6-3
Sr.
Tyasha Harris
South Carolina
Guard
5-10
Jr.
Ruthy Hebard
Oregon
Forward
6-4
Jr.
Presley Hudson
Central Michigan
Guard
5-6
Sr.
Sabrina Ionescu
Oregon
Guard
5-11
Jr.
Paris Kea
North Carolina
Guard
5-9
RS. Sr.
Jessica Kovatch
St. Francis (PA)
Guard
5-9
Sr.
Kitija Laksa
South Florida
Guard
6-0
Sr.
Marina Mabrey
Notre Dame
Guard
5-11
Sr.
Darby Maggard
Belmont
Guard
5-5
Sr.
Tiana Mangakahia
Syracuse
Guard
5-6
Jr.
Tynice Martin
West Virginia
Guard
5-11
Jr.
Teaira McCowan
Mississippi St.
Center
6-7
Sr.
Macy Miller
South Dakota St.
Guard
6-0
Sr.
Leaonna Odom
Duke
Forward
6-2
Jr.
Arike Ogunbowale
Notre Dame
Guard
5-8
Sr.
Caliya Robinson
Georgia
Forward
6-3
Sr.
Katie Lou Samuelson
UCONN
Guard
6-3
Sr.
Jessica Shepard
Notre Dame
Forward
6-4
Sr.
Alanna Smith
Stanford
Forward
6-4
Sr.
Hallie Thome
Michigan
Center
6-5
Sr.
Brianna Turner
Notre Dame
Forward
6-3
Grad.
Jackie Young
Notre Dame
Guard
6-0
Jr.
