EVANSTON, Ill. – Senior guard Lindsey Pulliam was named to the watch list for the 2021 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, annually given to the nation's top shooting guard in women's college basketball, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Tuesday.
Pulliam joined 19 other student-athletes to comprise the preseason list, and the Silver Spring, Md. native was one of three Big Ten selections.
Pulliam has cemented her legacy as one of the Northwestern greats ahead of her senior season and is looking to improve on an electric 2019-20 campaign. She was a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection and led Northwestern to a 26-4 record, a Big Ten regular season title, and a No. 11 ranking in the final AP Top 25 Poll. She was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list last season and finished in the top ten as a semifinalist.
The full release from the Basketball Hall of Fame can be found here.
2021 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates*
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-21 season
Pulliam joined 19 other student-athletes to comprise the preseason list, and the Silver Spring, Md. native was one of three Big Ten selections.
Pulliam has cemented her legacy as one of the Northwestern greats ahead of her senior season and is looking to improve on an electric 2019-20 campaign. She was a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection and led Northwestern to a 26-4 record, a Big Ten regular season title, and a No. 11 ranking in the final AP Top 25 Poll. She was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list last season and finished in the top ten as a semifinalist.
The full release from the Basketball Hall of Fame can be found here.
2021 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates*
| Aari McDonald | Arizona |
| Chelsea Dungee | Arkansas |
| DiJonai Carrington | Baylor |
| Christyn Williams | Connecticut |
| Sonya Morris | DePaul |
| Jill Townsend | Gonzaga |
| Nicole Cardaño-Hillary | Indiana |
| Dana Evans | Louisville |
| Ashley Owusu | Maryland |
| Jakia Brown-Turner | NC State |
| Lindsey Pulliam | Northwestern |
| Taylor Robertson | Oklahoma |
| Taylor Mikesell | Oregon |
| Arella Guirantes | Rutgers |
| Zia Cooke | South Carolina |
| Kiana Williams | Stanford |
| Kiara Lewis | Syracuse |
| Destiny Pitts | Texas A&M |
| Charisma Osborne | UCLA |
| Brynna Maxwell | Utah |