Look at this young lady and you would think she's 14 years old, tops. Then you watch her on the court and she's ridiculous.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Seton Hall women's basketball junior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) were named to the prestigious Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Monday.
Now in its 23rd year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of only 20 candidates. To be considered for this award, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, playmaking and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman.
The 2020-21 BIG EAST Most Improved Player, Park-Lane's maturation has been nothing short of astonishing. Finding her scoring touch as a sophomore, she improved her average from 6.7 points as a freshman to 17.5 points per game last season, which ranked sixth in the BIG EAST Conference. Park-Lane scored in double-figures in 17 of 19 games last season, including her first six career games of 20 points or better. On Feb. 18 against Georgetown, she erupted for a career-high 32 points. The sophomore also finished the regular season second in the conference with 5.4 assists per game and broke out with a career-high 15 assists, at Xavier on Feb. 24, which set a new Pirate record.
Most recently, Park-Lane was a unanimous choice for the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, named last week. Park-Lane, and 2021 Lieberman Award winner, UConn's Paige Bueckers, are the only two BIG EAST players to make the list of 20.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2022 Nancy Liberman Point Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Ms. Lieberman and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2022 Nancy Lieberman 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 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward 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 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LiebermanAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
The Pirate point guard is one of only 20 players listed nationwide for the National Point Guard of the Year Award.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – Seton Hall women's basketball junior Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) were named to the prestigious Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Monday.
Now in its 23rd year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of only 20 candidates. To be considered for this award, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, playmaking and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman.
The 2020-21 BIG EAST Most Improved Player, Park-Lane's maturation has been nothing short of astonishing. Finding her scoring touch as a sophomore, she improved her average from 6.7 points as a freshman to 17.5 points per game last season, which ranked sixth in the BIG EAST Conference. Park-Lane scored in double-figures in 17 of 19 games last season, including her first six career games of 20 points or better. On Feb. 18 against Georgetown, she erupted for a career-high 32 points. The sophomore also finished the regular season second in the conference with 5.4 assists per game and broke out with a career-high 15 assists, at Xavier on Feb. 24, which set a new Pirate record.
Most recently, Park-Lane was a unanimous choice for the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, named last week. Park-Lane, and 2021 Lieberman Award winner, UConn's Paige Bueckers, are the only two BIG EAST players to make the list of 20.
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2022 Nancy Liberman Point Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Ms. Lieberman and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected.
The winner of the 2022 Nancy Lieberman 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 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward 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 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LiebermanAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, October 29.
