Scaife on Naismith Watch List
Dec 10 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Sophomore guard Tyler Scaife (Little Rock, Ark.) has been selected as one of 50 candidates in the running to become the 2015 Naismith College Player of the Year, it was announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The 50 player watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2014-15 college season. The Naismith College Player of the Year present by AT&T will be awarded on April 6, 2015.
In February, the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors will compile a mid-season list of the top 30 players in the nation.
Scaife was the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year last season, as she averaged 14.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in helping the Scarlet Knights to the 2014 WNIT Championship.
This season, Scaife leads RU at 17.0 points per game along with 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. She has led the Scarlet Knights in scoring in five of the season's first eight games and has reached 20+ point scoring three times this season, including a season-high 25 points against #6 UNC in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
ABOUT THE ATLANTA TIPOFF CLUB
Founded during the 1956-57 season, the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an Atlanta Sports Council property, is committed to promoting the game of basketball and recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of those who make the game so exciting. The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the Naismith Awards, which have become the most prestigious national honors in all of college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T recognizes the top Men's and Women's College Basketball Players of the Year. Other Naismith Awards are presented to the Men's and Women's College Basketball Coaches of the Year, Boy's and Girl's high school basketball players and coaches of the year, high school scholar-athletes, basketball officials, student sections and overall contributors to the game. The Naismith Trophy was first presented to UCLA's Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in 1969. Old Dominion's Anne Donovan won the inaugural Women's Naismith Trophy in 1983. For more information, visit http://www.naismithawards.com.
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