Fair Highlighted on Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List
2/27/2024 3:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Fair is 11th in the nation in scoring with 21.8 ppg this season. She has led the Orange in scoring in 22 of 28 games and has scored in double figures in all but one game this season. Fair has tallied 15 games with 18 or more points including three games with 30 or more points. Fair became the fastest to score 1,000 points in program history earlier this season and moved into fifth all-time on the NCAA Division I career scoring list, passing Brittney Griner in Sunday's win over Pittsburgh. Fair has one game remaining this regular season and enters Thursday's regular season finale with #12 NC State with 3,302 points.
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women's national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale's honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected a women's All-America team since the 1996-97 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Malcolm Moran at 814-574-1485.
