King Named to Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 List
1/24/2024 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Award Presented Annually to Best Small Forward in the Nation
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Marquette University senior Jordan King has been named a 2024 Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 candidate, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced Wednesday.
The Cheryl Miller Award - named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer from USC – is in its seventh season and recognizes the top small forward in the nation. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates at the beginning of the season. The Cheryl Miller Award is one of five awards that comprise the Naismith Starting Five each season.
King has scored in double-figures in 17-of-19 games this season and is the active career scoring leader in the BIG EAST with 1,670 points. The senior is averaging 14.5 points and 3.8 assists per game.
The Rockton, Illinois native has started in all 143 career games played, third all-time at MU, and is ninth-all-time on the career scoring list.
Fan voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starts Friday, January 26, on hoophallawards.com. The fan vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
The final five candidates for the award will be released to the public on a day-by-day basis starting the week of March 4, with voting set to follow on March 8.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award are Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021-23), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019), and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophallU and #MillerAward on X and Instagram.
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2023-24 season.
The Cheryl Miller Award - named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer from USC – is in its seventh season and recognizes the top small forward in the nation. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates at the beginning of the season. The Cheryl Miller Award is one of five awards that comprise the Naismith Starting Five each season.
King has scored in double-figures in 17-of-19 games this season and is the active career scoring leader in the BIG EAST with 1,670 points. The senior is averaging 14.5 points and 3.8 assists per game.
The Rockton, Illinois native has started in all 143 career games played, third all-time at MU, and is ninth-all-time on the career scoring list.
Fan voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starts Friday, January 26, on hoophallawards.com. The fan vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
The final five candidates for the award will be released to the public on a day-by-day basis starting the week of March 4, with voting set to follow on March 8.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award are Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021-23), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019), and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophallU and #MillerAward on X and Instagram.
| Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year | ||
| NAME | CLASS | SCHOOL |
| Yarden Garzon | So. | Indiana |
| Kiki Jefferson | Gr. | Louisville |
| Aneesah Morrow | Jr. | LSU |
| Jordan King | Sr. | Marquette |
| Mara Braun | So. | Minnesota |
| Alyssa Ustby | Sr. | North Carolina |
| Cotie McMahon | So. | Ohio State |
| Rickea Jackson | Gr. | Tennessee |
| Madison Booker | Fr. | Texas |
| McKenzie Forbes | Gr. | USC |
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2023-24 season.
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