By Pranay Malempati | Sports Writer
Baylor women’s basketball’s Didi Richards received her third postseason award Wednesday when she was named the 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
The announcement came after the junior guard was named Defensive Player of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Monday and was given the same award by the Big 12 prior to the cancellation of the championship tournament three weeks ago.
Richards is the third player to win the Naismith version of the DPOY, which first became an honor in 2018. Richards said she actually didn’t know it was even an award.