LSU’s Angel Reese was selected Thursday as one of 20 power forwards to the 2023 preseason Katrina McClain Award watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
Reese joins point guard Alexis Morris on a preseason watch list with selected Monday to the Nancy Lieberman Award watch list
Both players were also featured on the media’s Preseason All-SEC Second Team on Tuesday.
“Angel is unbelievable,” Morris said Tuesday at SEC Media Day. “I’m not just talking about talent. It’s not talent that makes her great. It’s her effort and her passion and her grit. I love playing with Angel.”
Reese is as a transfer from Maryland after leading the Terrapins to the Sweet 16 last season and averaging a double-double (17.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg).
“I can tell you after three weeks of watching her (in practice), she’s a beast – and I say that with the utmost respect,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said of Reese on Tuesday. “That beast is hard to defend. You can’t keep her off the offensive boards and she is a leader vocally, simply from the fact that she loves to compete.”
Reese, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, is one of nine newcomers (4 freshmen and five transfers). She was the No. 2 overall player out of high school and a McDonald’s All-American.
2022-23 Katrina McClain Preseason Top-20 Watchlist
Esmery Martinez – Arizona
Cate Rees – Arizona
Erynn Barnum – Arkansas
DreUna Edwards – Baylor
Lauren Gustin – BYU
Emma Ronsiek – Creighton
Aneesah Morro – DePaul
Olivia Coachran – Louisville
Angel Reese – LSU
Maddy Westbeld – Notre Dame
Addie Budnik – Richmond
Sania Faegin – South Carolina
Victoria Saxton – South Carolina
Cameron Brink – Stanford
Jasmine Franklin – Tennessee
Aaliyah Moore – Texas
Aaliyah Edwards – UCONN
Alissa Pill – Utah
Maddy Siegrist – Villanova
Sam Brunelle – Virginia
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