Marquette University Athletics
Blockton is a Candidate for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
1/30/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.- Marquette University women's basketball junior Allazia Blockton has been selected as one of 10 candidates for the 2018 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award given to the top shooting guard in the country in collegiate women's basketball.
Blockton was originally named a 20-person watch list for the inaugural award in November and reached the final list, while producing her finest season as a Golden Eagle. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin native is averaging a career-best 18.8 points per game, which leads the BIG EAST Conference and is the only league player to be selected as Player of the Week on more than one occasion. Blockton is also pulling down 6.7 rebounds per game and shooting at a 51.9 percent clip from the field. She was selected as the unanimous BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year and is the league's active scoring leader with 1,521 career points, which ranks 11th in Marquette history. Blockton is on-track to surpass the program record 1,940 career points set by Krystal Ellis.
The Selection Committee for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is composed of top women's college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers. In March, five finalists will be presented to Ms. Drysdale and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. Fans will also have the opportunity to vote for their favorite finalists to determine the Naismith Starting 5 at www.hoophallawards.com.
The winner of the 2018 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award will be announced during ESPN2's telecast of the national semifinal games in the 2018 NCAA Women's Final Four in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, March 30. Additional awards being presented include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award, the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award, and the Lisa Leslie Center Award, as well as the Wade Trophy, the sport's oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award which is presented annually by the WBCA's community of coaches to the best player in college women's basketball.
This year marks the first time the Hall of Fame will award the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. Drysdale played for UCLA from 1974-78 and was the first woman at any university to receive an athletic scholarship.
