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Women's Basketball 4/5/2019

Gustafson Named USBWA National Player of the Year

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Megan Gustafson has been named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year, the USBWA announced Friday.

Gustafson will be formally presented with the award at the USBWA College Basketball Awards Dinner at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on Monday, April 15.

Gustafson is the first Hawkeye and first Big Ten women's basketball student-athlete to win the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. The USBWA has named a National Player of the Year since the 1987-88 season and the award was named for Meyers Drysdale, four-time All-American at UCLA from 1975-78, in 2012.

Yesterday, Gustafson earned AP National Player of the Year honors, becoming the first Big Ten women's basketball student-athlete to receive national player of the year recognition of any kind since Purdue's Stephanie White won the Wade Trophy and the Honda Sports Award in 1999.

This season, Gustafson led the nation in five categories, including points per game (27.9) and field goal percentage (69.6). She ended her career with 2,804 points and 1,460 rebounds. On Monday, Gustafson became just the fourth NCAA women's basketball student-athlete and the first ever post player to score 1,000 or more points in a single season.

NATIONAL AWARDS TRACKER
  • USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year Award
  • AP National Player of the Year
  • espnW National Player of the Year
  • Senior Class Award Winner
  • Lisa Leslie Top Center Award
  • AP First Team All-American
  • espnW First Team All-American
  • WBCA First Team All-American
  • United State Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) First Team All-American

Gustafson, a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year, is also a finalist for the Naismith Trophy and the John R. Wooden Award.


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BETH MAIMAN | NCAA.COM | APRIL 6, 2019
Iowa's Megan Gustafson wins Naismith Player of the Year Award

The awards keep coming for Iowa’s Megan Gustafson. On Saturday, she was announced as the 2019 Naismith Player of the Year recipient.

This is just one more award the 6-foot-3 forward picked up the season. Gustafson was voted Big Ten Player of the Year, and picked the Associated Press Player of the Year award on Thursday.

Gustafson led her Hawkeyes to a Big Ten tournament championship with a win over Maryland on March 10. Iowa made it to the Elite Eight in this year’s NCAA tournament for the first time since 1993, but fell short to Baylor, 85-53.

“I am so honored to be able to receive the Naismith Player of the Year. I have worked extremely hard during my four years at Iowa, and honestly, I couldn’t have achieved all that I have without my support system. That system includes my coaches who have pushed me to be the best player and more importantly the best person I could be,” said Gustafson. “My teammates have also been instrumental during my journey. I couldn’t have done any of this without them. Lastly, I would like to thank my family - they have been my best supporters since day one, I will be forever grateful for all that they have done for me!”

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The senior led the nation in scoring with 27.8 points per game this season and was also third in rebounding, recording 13.4 boards per game. The Wisconsin native also tied the NCAA record for double-doubles in a season with 33.

The other finalists for this year’s Naismith Award were Asia Durr (Louisville), Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon) and Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame).

Iowa's head coach Lisa Bluder took home the Naismith Coach of the Year award.


https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...gan-gustafson-wins-naismith-player-year-award
 
MITCHELL NORTHAM | NCAA.COM | APRIL 6, 2019
Iowa's Lisa Bluder named Naismith Coach of the Year

The Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team didn't make it to the Final Four, but the program continues to haul in hardware in April.

On Saturday, the Atlanta Tip-Off Club announced that Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder had been named the 2019 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year.

Bluder led the Hawkeyes to their first Big Ten tournament title since 2001, and their first Elite Eight appearance since 1993. The Hawkeyes, led on the court by senior Megan Gustafson, went 29-7 this season. The Hawkeyes fell in the Greensboro Regional Final to the Baylor Lady Bears.

A native of Wisconsin, Bluder has been coaching at Iowa since 2000 and has led the Hawkeyes to 14 NCAA tournament appearances.

Before taking over at Iowa, Bluder coached at Drake University and NAIA St. Ambrose.

The other finalists for the award were Baylor's Kim Mulkey, N.C. State's Wes Moore and Mississippi State's Vic Schaefer. Bluder is the first woman to win the award since 2015, when it was given to Courtney Banghart of Princeton.

The four finalists were chosen by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s national voting academy, comprised of leading journalists from around the country, current and former head coaches, former award winners and conference commissioners, all of whom base their selections on outstanding coaching performances during the 2018-19 college basketball season. The vote was tabulated and certified by Aprio, a premier, CPA-led business advisory firm.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...6/iowas-lisa-bluder-named-naismith-coach-year

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2019 Women’s Citizen Naismith Trophy and Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year Both Claimed By Iowa
Apr 6, 2019

Gustafson and Bluder Become 10th Player-Coach Duo to Sweep the Two Awards

ATLANTA (April 6, 2019) – The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today the winners of the 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy for Women’s College Player of the Year and the 2019 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year as Iowa Forward Megan Gustafson and Iowa Coach Lisa Bluder. Iowa becomes the 10th school to have a player and coach sweep the women’s national Naismith Awards in the same year.

“Megan Gustafson and Lisa Bluder had an incredible season of women’s basketball making it to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Championship,” said Eric Oberman, executive director of the Atlanta Tipoff Club. “Megan displayed the talent worthy of the Women’s Citizen Naismith Trophy throughout her college career, capping it off with a record-breaking senior season, and Lisa’s leadership of the Hawkeyes and passion for the game made her deserving of the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year honor.”

Becoming the first women’s or men’s player from Iowa to win the Citizen Naismith Trophy, Gustafson edged fellow finalists Asia Durr (Louisville), Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon) and Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame) to win the Women’s Player of the Year honor. The Hawkeye senior also becomes the first from the Big Ten to win the Women’s Citizen Naismith Trophy. She led Division I in scoring and field goal percentage the last two seasons, averaging 28.0 ppg with a 69.6 field goal percentage. As Iowa’s career leader in scoring (2,804) and rebounding (1,460), Gustafson was also named Big Ten Player of the Year.

“I am so honored to be able to receive the Naismith Player of the Year. I have worked extremely hard during my four years at Iowa, and honestly, I couldn’t have achieved all that I have without my support system. That system includes my coaches who have pushed me to be the best player and more importantly the best person I could be,” said Gustafson. “My teammates have also been instrumental during my journey. I couldn’t have done any of this without them. Lastly, I would like to thank my family – they have been my best supporters since day one, I will be forever grateful for all that they have done for me!”

The Citizen Naismith Trophy, originally sculpted in 1982 by Atlanta’s Marty C. Dawe, is one of the most prestigious individual national basketball honors. Gustafson will be awarded with the Citizen Naismith Trophy, produced and provided by Herff-Jones, the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services, including class rings and jewelry. A replica trophy will be donated by Herff-Jones to Iowa in recognition of Gustafson’s win.

“Megan Gustafson and her fellow finalists represent the immense strength and talent found in women’s college basketball, and we congratulate each of them on a remarkable season,” said Eric Horowitz, managing director U.S. and travel retail, Citizen Watch Company of America, Inc. “We are thrilled to award Megan with the Women’s Citizen Naismith Trophy and welcome her to the Naismith Awards family.”

With her first win of the award, Bluder joins one other Iowa coach, C. Vivian Stringer, who claimed the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Award in 1993. The other coaching finalists included Wes Moore (N.C. State), Kim Mulkey (Baylor) and Vic Schaefer (Mississippi State). Bluder led her team to the program’s first Big Ten Tournament title since 2001 and the team’s highest seeding for the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Greensboro Region. With 35 years of coaching experience, Bluder has led the Hawkeyes to 18 postseason appearances in her 19 years coaching at Iowa.

“I am honored to win the Naismith Coach of the Year Award for my staff, team and the University of Iowa. We all know that a great season involves so many people, and that is certainly the case here,” said Bluder. “I am grateful for all of the players I have coached along the way, and I share this with each of them.”

Bluder will be presented with the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year commemorative trophy designed by nationally acclaimed sculptor Brian Hanlon. The bronze trophy features Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball, holding the original peach basket and ball used to play the first game.

“Lisa Bluder and each of the finalists have coached their teams to outstanding seasons, and we applaud them for their leadership this season,” said Stacy Gardella, vice president of brand marketing at WernerCo. “We are thrilled to honor Lisa as the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year for her dedication to her team and women’s college basketball.”

Both Bluder and Gustafson will be honored and presented their trophies during a ceremony at Iowa to be held later this year.

The Naismith winners were chosen by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s national voting academy, comprised of leading journalists from around the country, current and former head coaches, former award winners and conference commissioners, all of whom based their selections on outstanding on-court playing and coaching performances during the 2018-19 college basketball season. Additionally, fans contributed to five percent of the total vote for each winner. The final tallies were tabulated and certified by Aprio, a premier, CPA-led business advisory firm.

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Founded during the 1956-57 season, the Atlanta Tipoff Club is committed to promoting the game of basketball and recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of those who make the game so exciting. The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the Naismith Awards, the most prestigious national honors in all of college and high school basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, the family of Naismith Awards annually recognizes the most outstanding men’s and women’s college and high school basketball players and coaches. Other Naismith Awards are presented to the men’s and women’s college basketball defensive players of the year, as well as lifetime achievement awards to basketball officials and outstanding contributors to the game. UCLA’s Lew Alcindor received the first Citizen Naismith Trophy in 1969, while the late Anne Donovan (Old Dominion) was the inaugural women’s recipient in 1983. Corporate partners of the Naismith Awards include Bona, Citizen Watch Company, Jersey Mike’s and Werner Ladder.

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Has the Wooden award come out yet? That's last award left, right?

Edit: I saw that the award will be presented this Friday, April 12th.
 
That's the last award to be handed out.

So far Megan has won every National Player of the Year award with the exception of the Wade Trophy.
It appears there is another award; winner to be named next week (article says field hockey - clearly wrong). I don’t know who reviewed it before the article made it out for publication with that error, but there is another one that’s even worse - they said that Asia Durr was named the winner of the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award! We all know Megan won that award.

If Megan wins the Honda Sport Award for Basketball, she then becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2019 Honda Cup which will be presented on Monday, June 24, 2019.

https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2018-19/20190408wbbfinals
 
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It appears there is another award; winner to be named next week (article says field hockey - clearly wrong). I don’t know who reviewed it before the article made it out for publication with that error, but there is another one that’s even worse - they said that Asia Durr was named the winner of the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award! We all know Megan won that award.

There are multiple Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards handed out each year. Durr won for best shooting guard, Megan won for POY.
 


Just saw the entire coaching staff seated in the audience of Good Morning America. And, it looks like maybe MG and the other players in town for the draft are seated to the side of the stage.
 
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There are multiple Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards handed out each year. Durr won for best shooting guard, Megan won for POY.
I stand corrected - I completely forgot about the shooting guard award and was only thinking of the POY award. The shooting guard award is the equivalent of the Lisa Leslie award that Megan won for center. IMO, they should have been more specific in the article.
 
And tonight she will reap the financial rewards as a WNBA draft pick.

Good for her and GREAT pub for the Iowa women's b-ball program.
 
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Sure, it's miniscule compared to the NBA. But, it's almost surely better than what she'd make in the working world as a new college grad. AND she'll still be playing ball.
Sounds like a win to me.
 
Sure, it's miniscule compared to the NBA. But, it's almost surely better than what she'd make in the working world as a new college grad. AND she'll still be playing ball.
Sounds like a win to me.
Most WNBA rookies earn approx. $41,202; the #1 draft pick last year received $52,564. They then play overseas during the off-season where they make a lot more money.
 
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they said that Asia Durr was named the winner of the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award! We all know Megan won that award.

If Megan wins the Honda Sport Award for Basketball, she then becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the 2019 Honda Cup which will be presented on Monday, June 24, 2019.

https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2018-19/20190408wbbfinals

There's also the Nancy Lieberman award for the top point guard, which Oregon's Ionescu won this year.

I wonder if there is one for the small forward and one for the power forward?

Edit: Just found it: http://www.hoophallawards.com/vote_results.php Cheryl Miller for small forward and Katrina McClain for power forward.

There are 2 separate organizations who give out an Ann Myers Drysdale Award.

(1) USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year Award
--Megan, of course, won this award.


(2) WBCA/Naismith position awards:

PG (Nancy Lieberman Award)
--Sabrina Ionescu

SG (Ann Meyers Drysdale Award)
--Asia Durr

SF (Cheryl Miller Award)
--Bridget Carleton

PF (Katrina McClain Award)
--Napheesa Collier

C (Lisa Leslie Award)
--Megan Gustafson
 
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