UConn women’s basketball’s seniors were honored with a pair of rewards before the 2018 Final Four as Kia Nurse was named the WBCA Defensive Player of the Year while Gabby Williams earned the Senior CLASS Award.
Nurse is the Huskies’ top perimeter defender, taking on the opposing team’s best guard and often locking them down. Her best performance of the season came in January at USF when she held the Bulls’ leading scorer, Kitija Laksa, to no points on 0-of-11 shooting.
Last week, Nurse was named a honorable mention All-American by the AP.