HOPEWELL, N.J. – Portland Pilots women's basketball forward Alex Fowler has officially been named to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats. She is the first Pilot to get named to the watch list since the award was created back in 2020.
The preseason list consists of 25 players from 25 schools and 13 conferences. To qualify, a player must play for one of the 26 conferences deemed to be "mid-major," meaning not belonging to the six major college basketball conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC.