ATLANTA, NOV. 12, 2018 –Senior USF women's basketball player Kitija Laksa has been selected to the 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy for Women's Player of the Year 50 candidates to watch list, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Monday.
This is the second consecutive year Laksa was named to the 50-woman watchlist, and the list will be narrowed down to 30 midseason members on Feb. 11, 2019. Ten national semifinalists will be announced on March 4, 2019, and four finalists will be named on March 22, 2019. The winner of the 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy for Women's Player of the Year will be announced on April 6, 2019, during the Women's Final Four hosted by USF and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission in Tampa Bay, Florida.