Fair Named Third Team All-America by Sporting News, USBWA
3/19/2024 2:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Dyaisha Fair was named a Third Team All-American by both The Sporting News and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) on Tuesday afternoon. The 5-foot-5 guard from Rochester, N.Y., is having one of the best seasons by a Syracuse guard in program history and has led Syracuse to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021.
Fair is averaging 22.0 points per game this season shooting 39.2 percent from the field. She's 10th in the nation in scoring average and third in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Fair was an All-ACC First Team selection and is a on the Naismith Midseason Watch List for Player of the Year. She currently ranks fifth on the NCAA Division I all-time scoring list for women's college basketball with 3,351 career points. She became the fastest player in program history to score 1,000 points at Syracuse (50 games) and crossed the 3,000 career point plateau in a comeback win vs. Clemson earlier this season.Â
This is the first time Fair has been tabbed all-America by both publications. Last season, she was selected as a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention pick.Â
Syracuse will make its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance this weekend when the 6-seed Orange face the winner of First Four matchup 11-seed Arizona vs. 11-seed Auburn at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. It marks the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Orange with Felisha Legette-Jack at the helm and will be the second NCAA Tournament appearance for Fair, who earned an automatic bid in 2022 while a junior at Buffalo.Â
Tickets to the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds in Storrs, Conn., are on sale now. Tickets can only be purchased through the venue's box office. Fans can purchase online or call the UConn Box Office at 877-288-2666.
About The Sporting News
The Sporting News is the oldest sporting publication in the United States. Initially known as the essential source for baseball coverage, in the 1940s it began to cover a wider array of sports, including college sports, the NBA, NFL, NHL, motorsports, golf, tennis, boxing and many others.
About the USBWA
The 2023-24 season is the 68th year for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, founded in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. The primary goal of the USBWA has remained constant since its inception: to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball.
Fair is averaging 22.0 points per game this season shooting 39.2 percent from the field. She's 10th in the nation in scoring average and third in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Fair was an All-ACC First Team selection and is a on the Naismith Midseason Watch List for Player of the Year. She currently ranks fifth on the NCAA Division I all-time scoring list for women's college basketball with 3,351 career points. She became the fastest player in program history to score 1,000 points at Syracuse (50 games) and crossed the 3,000 career point plateau in a comeback win vs. Clemson earlier this season.Â
This is the first time Fair has been tabbed all-America by both publications. Last season, she was selected as a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention pick.Â
Syracuse will make its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance this weekend when the 6-seed Orange face the winner of First Four matchup 11-seed Arizona vs. 11-seed Auburn at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. It marks the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Orange with Felisha Legette-Jack at the helm and will be the second NCAA Tournament appearance for Fair, who earned an automatic bid in 2022 while a junior at Buffalo.Â
Tickets to the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds in Storrs, Conn., are on sale now. Tickets can only be purchased through the venue's box office. Fans can purchase online or call the UConn Box Office at 877-288-2666.
About The Sporting News
The Sporting News is the oldest sporting publication in the United States. Initially known as the essential source for baseball coverage, in the 1940s it began to cover a wider array of sports, including college sports, the NBA, NFL, NHL, motorsports, golf, tennis, boxing and many others.
About the USBWA
The 2023-24 season is the 68th year for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, founded in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. The primary goal of the USBWA has remained constant since its inception: to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball.
The USBWA annually selects a national player, coach and freshman of the year in college basketball and All-America teams for both men and women. The men's player of the year award is named in honor of former Cincinnati and NBA legend Oscar Robertson, who was the first recipient of the USBWA award in 1959. The women's award is named for UCLA legend Ann Meyers Drysdale.
For more on Syracuse women's basketball, follow @CuseWBB on social media.Â
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