Feb. 10, 2014
ATLANTA – Vanderbilt senior Christina Foggie was one of 10 players added to the “Wade Watch” list on Monday by the Wade Trophy Committee.
The additions were announced by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Trophy Coalition, on Monday.
Foggie is averaging 18.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game for the Commodores, who face Tennessee tonight in Knoxville.
Joining the preseason list of 25 Wade Watch hopefuls are Tiffany Bias of Oklahoma State, Hallie Christofferson of Iowa State, Foggie, Markeisha Gatling of N.C. State, Dearica Hamby of Wake Forest, Natasha Howard of Florida State, Alexis Jones of Duke, Tricia Liston of Duke, Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, and Tiffany Mitchell of South Carolina.
The Wade Trophy, named after the late, legendary three-time national champion Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, debuted in 1978 as the first-ever women’s national player of the year award in college basketball.
The Wade Trophy Coalition presents The Wade Trophy to the nation’s most outstanding NCAA® Division I women’s basketball player each year – one who not only excels athletically but also serves as a positive role model both on and off the court. The acclaimed Wade Watch list, from which The Wade Trophy recipient is chosen, consists of players selected on the basis of game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
The Wade Watch list will be trimmed to 12 finalists in mid-March. The Wade Trophy Coalition will officially announce The Wade Trophy winner at the fourth annual WBCA Awards Show on Monday, April 7, which is part of the 2014 WBCA National Convention, held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Final Four, in Nashville.
Here is the complete 2014 State Farm Wade Watch list:
NameInstitutionPositionYearNatalie AchonwaNotre DameForwardSenior
Rachel BanhamMinnesotaGuardJunior
Tiffany BiasOklahoma StateGuardSenior
Brittany BoydCaliforniaGuardJunior
Gennifer BrandonCaliforniaForwardSenior
Hallie ChristoffersonIowa StateForwardSenior
Jerica ColeyFIUGuardSenior
Stefanie DolsonConnecticutCenterSenior
Aaryn EllenbergOklahomaGuardSenior
Christina FoggieVanderbiltGuardSenior
Markeisha GatlingNC StateCenterSenior
Bashaara GravesTennesseeForwardSoph.
Chelsea GrayDukeGuardSenior
Dearica HambyWake ForestForwardJunior
Bria HartleyConnecticutGuardSenior
Jordan HooperNebraskaForwardSenior
Natasha HowardFlorida StateForwardSenior
Alexis JonesDukeGuardSoph.
Tricia ListonDukeGuardSenior
Jewell LoydNotre DameGuardSoph.
Maggie LucasPenn StateGuardSenior
Tyaunna MarshallGeorgia TechGuardSenior
Kayla McBrideNotre DameGuardSenior
Tiffany MitchellSouth CarolinaGuardSoph.
Kaleena Mosqueda-LewisConnecticutForwardJunior
Chiney OqwumikeStanfordForwardSenior
Theresa PlaisanceLSUForwardSenior
Ebony RoweMiddle TennesseeForwardSenior
Shoni SchimmelLouisvilleGuardSenior
Meighan SimmonsTennesseeGuardSenior
Odyssey SimsBaylorGuardSenior
DeNesha StallworthKentuckyForwardSenior
Breanna StewartConnecticutForwardSoph.
Alyssa ThomasMarylandForwardSenior
Elizabeth WilliamsDukeCenter/ForwardJunior
The Wade Trophy Coalition was established in June 2000 when the WBCA partnered with The National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS), now known as the Society of Health and Physical Educators, doing business as SHAPE America. For the past 11 years the two have worked together to present The Wade Trophy player of the year award. A committee composed of coaches, administrators and media from across the U.S. selects the winner.