Springfield, Mass. — North Carolina senior Paris Kea has been named a watch list candidate for the 2019 Nancy Lieberman Award, announced Monday by The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
Now in its twentieth year, the award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. To be considered to this prestigious award, candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.
A Street & Smith's Preseason third-team All-American, Kea was an Atlantic Coast Conference first team selection last year.