EUGENE, Ore. – Sabrina Ionescu, last year's winner of the John R. Wooden Award, is joined on the preseason top 30 watch list for college basketball's most prestigious honor by teammates Ruthy Hebard and Satou Sabally.
No. 1 ranked Oregon is one of only two schools to have three players on the preseason watch list, along with No. 2 Baylor. No. 5 UConn, No. 7 Oregon State and No. 3 Stanford each have two players on the list.
A midseason watch list and a late season watch list will be announced before a national ballot of 15 players is revealed.