CORVALLIS – Oregon State women’s basketball players Ruth Hamblin, Jamie Weisner and Sydney Wiese have all been named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday. The Beavers were tied with Connecticut and South Carolina as the only teams to place three players on the 50-player list.
The Naismith Award is one of the most prestigious awards in college sports, and is awarded to the top collegiate player each season.
Hamblin has proven herself to be among the nation’s elite over the course of her collegiate career, entering the 2015-16 season as a consensus preseason All-American and as Lindy’s Magazine’s favorite to win National Defensive Player of the Year.