Wake Forest Athletics
Douglas Named To Lieberman Award Watch List
1/15/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 15, 2014
By Gary Petit, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeWBB)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Wake Forest senior Chelsea Douglas is one of 29 players on the 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List as released by The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
The award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. Candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.
Douglas has had a great start to the season. She is currently third in the ACC in scoring at 18.6 points per and is second in three-pointers made with 52. She has 35 assists on the year and is shooting over 38 percent from beyond the three-point arc.
Against FIU on Dec. 29, Douglas scored a school-record 48 points which included a school and ACC-record nine three-pointers. That performance helped the Deacons to the FIU Sun & Fun Classic title, their first title in over five years. Douglas' 48 points are tied for the second-most in a single game this season.
The watch list will be narrowed down to a final 20 in February, then the final five by March. The Lieberman Award winner will be announced during Final Four weekend activities in Nashville, Tenn.
2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List
Kacie Cassell, Akron
Calli Berna, Arkansas
Odyssey Sims, Baylor
Brittany Boyd, California
Bria Hartley, Connecticut
Senee Shearer, Detroit Mercy
Chelsea Gray, Duke
Jerica Coley, Florida International
Yashira Delgado, Florida State
Damika Martinez, Iona
Samantha Logic, Iowa
Lexie Brown, Maryland
Valencia McFarland, Mississippi
Ashley Deary, Northwestern
Tiffany Bias, Oklahoma State
Fantasia Hilliard, Sacramento State
Keena Mays, Southern Methodist
Amber Orrange, Stanford
Natasha Cloud, Saint Joseph's
Jamierra Faulkner, Southern Mississippi
Ariel Massengale, Tennessee
Jennifer Newsome, UT-Martin
Jordan Jones, Texas A&M
Andola Dortch, Toledo
Joanna Harden, Troy
Jennifer Schlott, Utah State
Chelsea Douglas, Wake Forest
Rebecca Henricson, Western Illinois
Dequesha McClanahan, Winthrop
