RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State women’s basketball guards Aziaha James and Saniya Rivers are two of 50 players nationwide to be chosen on the 2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s Player of the Year Watch List Presented by Axia Time. Rivers and James were both named to the 10-person All-ACC Preseason Team and are coming off junior seasons, which were capped off with All-ACC First Team honors. NC State is one of three schools in the ACC with multiple representatives on the watch list.
Rivers is coming off a 2023-24 season having averaged 12.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.