Ole Miss women’s basketball standout Shakira Austin could receive another accolade for her performance in her first season in Oxford.
The Rebel forward was named a finalist for the 2021 C Spire Gillom Trophy, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced on Monday.
Austin is the first Rebel to be named a finalist for the annual award, which honors the best women’s college basketball player in Mississippi, since Shandrika Sessoms was named a finalist in 2016. She is also the seventh overall in program history since the award was established in 2008. If Austin wins, she would be the first Gillom Trophy winner for Ole Miss.