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Beers Selected to Wooden Award Top 25 Watch List

January 07, 2025 | Women's Basketball

NORMAN — Oklahoma junior Raegan Beers was named to the Wooden Award Top 25 Midseason Watch List, the organization announced Tuesday.

Selected by a panel of national college basketball experts, the list features 25 student-athletes who are frontrunners for two of the sport's most prestigious honors: the Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player.

Beers, an All-American transfer who joined the Sooners (13-2, 1-1 SEC) this season, has been a standout performer, averaging 17.1 points and 9.3 rebounds in just 21.5 minutes per game. Her 69.1% field goal percentage ranks third nationally, while her player efficiency rating (PER) of 38.9 places her 13th in Division I. Beers has recorded six double-doubles in 15 games this season, the second-most by a Sooner in a single season since 2017-18, ranking in the top 30 nationally.

The dynamic post was named the AP National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week on Nov. 12, following back-to-back double-doubles in victories over Virginia and Southern. She averaged 23.5 points, 14.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks during the season's opening week, becoming the first Sooner since Courtney Paris to record consecutive 20-point, 14-rebound games.

Beers is in the midst of a historic season, aiming to become just the fifth player since 1999 to average at least 17.0 points per game while shooting 68% from the field.

Oklahoma has yet to produce a Wooden Award winner, though Courtney Paris was a four-time finalist from 2006-09.

The 2025 Wooden Award winner and All-American Team will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 11, 2025.

Next up, Beers and the 10th-ranked Sooners face Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday on SEC Network+. They return to Norman on Sunday to host Texas A&M at 4 p.m. CT.
 
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