Tennessee senior Rickea Jackson is among 20 players named as preseason watch list candidates for the 2023 Cheryl Miller Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.
Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its sixth 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.
“We are extremely proud of the work ethic and dedication shown by the student athletes on the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. “After her dominant career at USC and winning a pair of NCAA Championships, Cheryl is one of the greatest to play our game. We are honored to be working alongside her throughout the 2022-23 season.”
A 6-foot-2 senior transfer from Mississippi State, Jackson averaged 20.3 points as well as 6.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.1 steals last season. She appeared on Cheryl Miller Award Watch Lists the past two years and was a top-10 finalist in 2021.
Jackson played in 67 games and started 58 of them at MSU before making the move to UT, leading the Bulldogs in scoring all three years she was in Starkville. She averaged 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals over 31.6 minutes per game during her time there. She scored in double figures in 52 contests, recording six double-doubles, and tallied 20 or more points 19 times, 30+ three times and 40+ on one occasion.
During her collegiate career, Jackson has previously earned WBCA All-America Honorable Mention accolades twice and made the All-SEC Second Team, SEC All-Freshman Team and SEC All-Tournament Team in 2019-20.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, October 21. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Cheryl Miller Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Miller and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2023 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 Award…
Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its sixth 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.
“We are extremely proud of the work ethic and dedication shown by the student athletes on the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. “After her dominant career at USC and winning a pair of NCAA Championships, Cheryl is one of the greatest to play our game. We are honored to be working alongside her throughout the 2022-23 season.”
A 6-foot-2 senior transfer from Mississippi State, Jackson averaged 20.3 points as well as 6.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.1 steals last season. She appeared on Cheryl Miller Award Watch Lists the past two years and was a top-10 finalist in 2021.
Jackson played in 67 games and started 58 of them at MSU before making the move to UT, leading the Bulldogs in scoring all three years she was in Starkville. She averaged 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals over 31.6 minutes per game during her time there. She scored in double figures in 52 contests, recording six double-doubles, and tallied 20 or more points 19 times, 30+ three times and 40+ on one occasion.
During her collegiate career, Jackson has previously earned WBCA All-America Honorable Mention accolades twice and made the All-SEC Second Team, SEC All-Freshman Team and SEC All-Tournament Team in 2019-20.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, October 21. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Cheryl Miller Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Miller and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2023 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 Award…
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