LOS ANGELES – Three Bruins have been named finalists on the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame positional award high 5 lists launched this week.
Graduate guard Gianna Kneepkens is a finalist for the Ann Meyers-Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Senior Gabriela Jaquez is up for the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award, and senior Lauren Betts appears to be like to repeat as Lisa Leslie Center of the Year after capturing the glory in 2024-25.
Kneepkens is one among three gamers within the 50-40-90 membership this season, an elite mark of an environment friendly shooter. The guard boasts .518/.442/.952 taking pictures splits, scoring 13.4 factors per sport. She’s one among 5 energetic gamers with 300+ made 3-pointers of their careers. Kneepkens ranks 85th all-time along with her 324 makes from lengthy vary.
Jaquez has had a stellar senior marketing campaign and contributed in a significant manner. The Camarillo, Calif., native is averaging profession bests in factors (13.6) and steals (1.1); Jaquez can also be taking pictures her finest throughout all metrics (.543/.411/.867). She’s began each sport this season.
Betts was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Player of the Year; the middle grew to become the primary participant within the convention to seize each awards in the identical season. She leads UCLA in factors (16.4), rebounds (8.6) and blocks (1.9) per sport; the middle already has essentially the most single-season assists (98) in her profession, averaging 3.2 helpers per sport. Betts is closing in on 1,000-career rebounds and 250-career blocks and has greater than 1,800-career factors.
Graduate guard Gianna Kneepkens is a finalist for the Ann Meyers-Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Senior Gabriela Jaquez is up for the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award, and senior Lauren Betts appears to be like to repeat as Lisa Leslie Center of the Year after capturing the glory in 2024-25.
Kneepkens is one among three gamers within the 50-40-90 membership this season, an elite mark of an environment friendly shooter. The guard boasts .518/.442/.952 taking pictures splits, scoring 13.4 factors per sport. She’s one among 5 energetic gamers with 300+ made 3-pointers of their careers. Kneepkens ranks 85th all-time along with her 324 makes from lengthy vary.
Jaquez has had a stellar senior marketing campaign and contributed in a significant manner. The Camarillo, Calif., native is averaging profession bests in factors (13.6) and steals (1.1); Jaquez can also be taking pictures her finest throughout all metrics (.543/.411/.867). She’s began each sport this season.
Betts was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Player of the Year; the middle grew to become the primary participant within the convention to seize each awards in the identical season. She leads UCLA in factors (16.4), rebounds (8.6) and blocks (1.9) per sport; the middle already has essentially the most single-season assists (98) in her profession, averaging 3.2 helpers per sport. Betts is closing in on 1,000-career rebounds and 250-career blocks and has greater than 1,800-career factors.
