Berger Named To Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 Watchlist
2/9/2022 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Indiana senior guard Grace Berger has been named one of 10 to the 2022 Cheryl Miller Award watch list, announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
The Louisville, Ky. native is averaging 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 81.7 percent at the line through 19 games for the Hoosiers. Throughout the season, she has consistently stuffed the stat sheet, dishing out three or more assists in 18 games, three or more rebounds in 17 games and eight games with multiple steals. She has scored in double figures 16 times and notched a double-double in the win over Minnesota. Other award watch lists for Berger this season include Wooden Award preseason top 50, Wade Trophy watch list, Senior CLASS Award top 30 and preseason All-Big Ten.
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 in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.
For more information on the 2022 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, February 11.
2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Candidates*
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
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The Louisville, Ky. native is averaging 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 81.7 percent at the line through 19 games for the Hoosiers. Throughout the season, she has consistently stuffed the stat sheet, dishing out three or more assists in 18 games, three or more rebounds in 17 games and eight games with multiple steals. She has scored in double figures 16 times and notched a double-double in the win over Minnesota. Other award watch lists for Berger this season include Wooden Award preseason top 50, Wade Trophy watch list, Senior CLASS Award top 30 and preseason All-Big Ten.
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 in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.
For more information on the 2022 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, February 11.
2022 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Candidates*
| Taylor Soule | Boston College |
| Jasmine Dickey | University of Delaware |
| Grace Berger | Indiana University |
| Ashley Joens | Iowa State University |
| Rhyne Howard | University of Kentucky |
| Emily Engstler | University of Louisville |
| Aijha Blackwell | University of Missouri |
| Madi Williams | University of Oklahoma |
| Haley Jones | Stanford University |
| Mia Davis | Temple University |
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
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