DURHAM, N.C. – For the third straight season, Duke University senior Jade Williams has been named to the Lisa Leslie Award watch list, which was announced Friday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Named after the three-time All-American, 1994 National Player of the Year and Class of 2015 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its fourth year recognizes the top centers in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates
Williams, a product of The Colony, Texas, is coming off a season where she averaged 7.