Plum Adds Drysdale Award To Player Of The Year Haul
March 31, 2017 | Women's Basketball
DALLAS -- Senior Kelsey Plum of the University of Washington women's basketball team was named the Ann Meyers Drysdale national player of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
The award, first handed out in 1987-88 by the USBWA, was named after former UCLA four-time All-American Ann Meyers Drysdale in 2012.
Plum is the first player in program history to to earn the USBWA honor.
In recently concluding her collegiate career, Plum finished as the NCAA's all-time leading scorer with 3,527 career points. This past season's mark of 1,109 points also broke the single-season scoring record as she became just the third player in NCAA history to reach 1,000 points in a single season.
The Poway, Calif. native also broke the 33-year-old NCAA career free throw record in the final game of her career.
Plum scored 21 or more points in all 35 games this season, including 17 30-plus and five 40-plus games. She scored a Pac-12 record 54 points in the final regular season game of her career.
Plum is also a finalist for the Lieberman Award, Naismith Award, Wade Trophy and Wooden Award.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Joe Mitch at 314-795-6821.
The award, first handed out in 1987-88 by the USBWA, was named after former UCLA four-time All-American Ann Meyers Drysdale in 2012.
Plum is the first player in program history to to earn the USBWA honor.
In recently concluding her collegiate career, Plum finished as the NCAA's all-time leading scorer with 3,527 career points. This past season's mark of 1,109 points also broke the single-season scoring record as she became just the third player in NCAA history to reach 1,000 points in a single season.
The Poway, Calif. native also broke the 33-year-old NCAA career free throw record in the final game of her career.
Plum scored 21 or more points in all 35 games this season, including 17 30-plus and five 40-plus games. She scored a Pac-12 record 54 points in the final regular season game of her career.
Plum is also a finalist for the Lieberman Award, Naismith Award, Wade Trophy and Wooden Award.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With some 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Joe Mitch at 314-795-6821.
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