Indiana University Athletics
Grace Berger Selected To 2022 Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List
10/27/2021 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – For the second-straight season, senior guard Grace Berger has been named one of 20 candidates to the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award preseason watch list, announced by on Wednesday the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Last season, the Louisville, Ky. native was one of 10 Cheryl Miller Award watch list finalists. She was nation's leader in triple doubles in 2020-21 while averaging 15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists and shooting 44.1 percent from the floor. Berger earned WBCA and USWBA All-American honorable mention honors and was also an All-Big Ten first team selection. She scored in double figures 23 times as a junior including seven games scoring 20 points or more. The Louisville, Ky. native and 2021-22 preseason All-Big Ten honoree looks to be the 29th member of IU's 1,000-point club as she enters the 2021-22 season with 996 career points.The winner of the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award and the Lisa Leslie Center Award, in addition to the Men's Starting Five.
For more information on the 2021 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MillerAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Candidates*
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Sam Thomas |
Arizona |
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Taylor Soule |
Boston College |
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Elizabeth Balogun |
Duke |
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Indiana |
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Ashley Jones |
Iowa State |
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Rhyne Howard |
Kentucky |
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Emily Engstler |
Louisville |
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Laura Van Kleunen |
Marquette |
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Chloe Bibby |
Maryland |
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Rickea Jackson |
Mississippi St. |
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Alyssa Utsby |
North Carolina |
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Erica Johnson |
Ohio |
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Madi Williams |
Oklahoma |
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Andra Espinoza-Hunter |
Seton Hall |
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Myah Selland |
South Dakota State |
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Haley Jones |
Stanford |
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Mia Davis |
Temple |
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Rae Burrell |
Tennessee |
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Kayla Wells |
Texas A&M |
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Vivian Gray |
Texas Tech |
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
About Cheryl Miller:
Cheryl Miller took women's basketball to a new level, literally and figuratively. With her tremendous leaping ability, athletic dexterity and grace, Miller established a legacy throughout her high school and college career that is unparalleled. Playing for Riverside Polytechnic High School (CA), in 1982, Miller set the single game scoring record of 105 points. As a collegiate forward at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 1986, Miller helped bring women's basketball to the forefront of American sports. In 1984, she led the Olympic team to gold averaging more than 16 points per game. Her superior athletic ability and engaging persona placed her among the elite in the world of college and professional athletics. In 1986, Sports Illustrated named Miller as the best male or female player in college basketball. In a spectacular career, Miller scored 3,018 total career points and was a four-time All-America. Miller was named Naismith Player of the Year three times and earned the Wade Trophy once. Miller was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2010. Since retiring from professional play, Miller has had a very successful career as a WNBA GM, professional and collegiate coach, and sportscaster for TNT, ESPN and NBC for the 1996 Olympics.
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