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Robertson a Finalist For Meyers Drysdale Award
March 08, 2022 | Women's Basketball
NORMAN – For the first time in her legendary career, Oklahoma senior guard Taylor Robertson is a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, awarded annually by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Named after the Class of 1993 Hall of Famer and first player, male or female, named to an All-America Team in four straight college seasons, the annual award in its fifth year recognizes the top shooting guard in NCAA Division I college women's basketball.
Robertson joins Sonya Morris (DePaul), Kierstan Bell (Florida Gulf Coast), Christyn Williams (UConn) and Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) as a finalist.
The sharpshooter from McPherson, Kan., broke the Oklahoma and Big 12 career records for 3-pointers this season and enters the postseason with 432 made treys in her career, 65 short of the NCAA record. In 2021-22, she leads the country in 3-pointers with 110 and fires it from deep at a 45.1% clip, the fourth highest in the country. Her 110 makes this season made her the first player in Big 12 history to post three seasons of 100-plus 3-pointers.
She is the only player in NCAA women's basketball history to shoot better than 45.0% from deep with over eight attempts from behind the arc in a season, accomplishing the feat this year. Her 3.67 made 3-pointers per game in 2021-22 also lead the country.
The unanimous first-team All-Big 12 selection is the only player among the five finalists to average 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, as the senior is averaging career-highs in rebounds (4.6) and assists (3.2) this season and leads all finalists with 7.6 win shares in 2021-22.
Robertson was a crucial catalyst in Oklahoma's historic turnaround under first-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk. The senior helped power the Sooners into the AP Top 25 for the first time in five years, and OU is in line to make its first NCAA Tournament since 2017-18. She joined teammate Madi Williams as a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 honoree, giving Oklahoma its first pair of first-teamers in a decade.
The guard was a top-10 finalist for the award as a junior but missed the final cut.
In November, a national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 student-athletes, which was narrowed to 10 candidates in February and now just five finalists. The finalists will be presented to Ms. Meyers Drysdale and the Hall of Fame's selection committee this month. The winner of the 2022 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award will be determined by a combination of fan votes and input from the Basketball Hall of Fame's selection committee. Naismith Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, March 11, on hoophallawards.com.
The 2022 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. 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, in addition to the Men's Starting Five. Additional information about the award presentation, including the date and time, will be released in the coming weeks.
Robertson joins Sonya Morris (DePaul), Kierstan Bell (Florida Gulf Coast), Christyn Williams (UConn) and Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) as a finalist.
The sharpshooter from McPherson, Kan., broke the Oklahoma and Big 12 career records for 3-pointers this season and enters the postseason with 432 made treys in her career, 65 short of the NCAA record. In 2021-22, she leads the country in 3-pointers with 110 and fires it from deep at a 45.1% clip, the fourth highest in the country. Her 110 makes this season made her the first player in Big 12 history to post three seasons of 100-plus 3-pointers.
She is the only player in NCAA women's basketball history to shoot better than 45.0% from deep with over eight attempts from behind the arc in a season, accomplishing the feat this year. Her 3.67 made 3-pointers per game in 2021-22 also lead the country.
The unanimous first-team All-Big 12 selection is the only player among the five finalists to average 16.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, as the senior is averaging career-highs in rebounds (4.6) and assists (3.2) this season and leads all finalists with 7.6 win shares in 2021-22.
Robertson was a crucial catalyst in Oklahoma's historic turnaround under first-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk. The senior helped power the Sooners into the AP Top 25 for the first time in five years, and OU is in line to make its first NCAA Tournament since 2017-18. She joined teammate Madi Williams as a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 honoree, giving Oklahoma its first pair of first-teamers in a decade.
The guard was a top-10 finalist for the award as a junior but missed the final cut.
In November, a national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 student-athletes, which was narrowed to 10 candidates in February and now just five finalists. The finalists will be presented to Ms. Meyers Drysdale and the Hall of Fame's selection committee this month. The winner of the 2022 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award will be determined by a combination of fan votes and input from the Basketball Hall of Fame's selection committee. Naismith Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, March 11, on hoophallawards.com.
The 2022 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Women's Starting Five. 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, in addition to the Men's Starting Five. Additional information about the award presentation, including the date and time, will be released in the coming weeks.
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