KNOXVILLE -- The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its candidates for the 2015-16 Wade Trophy, and Tennessee’s Diamond DeShields is among 30 student-athletes being considered for the award.
DeShields, a 6-foot-1 redshirt sophomore guard from Norcross, Ga., leads the Lady Vols with a 13.9 scoring average and also contributes the squad’s third-leading rebounding average at 5.1. She has scored 20 or more points eight times, including a pair of contests with 30 or more points.
On Feb. 21, DeShields surpassed the 1,000-point mark in her career, including her totals at North Carolina in 2013-14 and at Tennessee in 2015-16.