The 50-player watch list was compiled by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances from the previous year and expectations for the 2012-2013 college basketball season. The Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year will be awarded on April 8 in New Orleans.

Players’ statistics are through Jan. 26.

2012-13 NAISMITH EARLY SEASON WATCH LIST

	PLAYER	CLASS	POS.	SCHOOL	PPG	3-PT%	FT%	APG	RPG
	Anne Marie Armstrong	SR	G/F	Georgia	6.9	0.294	0.828	2.4	4.2
	Alex Bentley	SR	G	Penn State	12.9	0.192	0.800	3.8	4.0
	Kelsey Bone	JR	C	Texas A&M	17.7	1.000	0.663	2.3	9.7
	Heather Butler	JR	G	Tennessee‐Martin	21.7	0.342	0.778	3.6	3.7
	Layshia Clarendon	SR	G	California	14.6	0.277	0.660	2.8	4.1
	Carolyn Davis	SR	F	Kansas	15.0	0.000	0.635	0.9	5.4
	Elena Delle Donne	SR	F	Delaware	24.5	0.512	0.923	1.6	9.4
	Skylar Diggins	SR	G	Notre Dame	15.5	0.354	0.876	5.6	3.3
	Stefanie Dolson	JR	C	Connecticut	13.4	0.333	0.700	3.3	6.6
	Aaryn Ellenberg	JR	G	Oklahoma	19.7	0.461	0.738	2.3	3.5
	Shante Evans	SR	F	Hofstra	16.9	0.250	0.655	1.9	10.5
	Kelly Faris	SR	G	Connecticut	10.6	0.444	0.750	4.4	5.0
	Christina Foggie	JR	G	Vanderbilt	15.6	0.338	0.688	3.1	3.8
	Chassidy Fussell	JR	G	Texas	15.5	0.326	0.843	1.5	5.5
	Jennifer George	SR	F	Florida	12.9	0.000	0.557	1.2	8.3
	Angel Goodrich	SR	G	Kansas	13.6	0.348	0.723	6.4	3.3
	Chelsea Gray	JR	G	Duke	13.1	0.419	0.882	6.0	13.1
	Brittney Griner	SR	C	Baylor	21.5	0.000	0.716	1.5	8.1
	Whitney Hand	SR	G	Oklahoma	11.1	0.517	0.826	3.0	7.2
	Bria Hartley	JR	G	Connecticut	8.5	0.279	0.667	3.5	3.0
	Tianna Hawkins	SR	F	Maryland	19.2	0.167	0.759	1.2	10.3
	Tayler Hill	SR	G	Ohio State	20.6	0.346	0.807	2.9	4.7
	Jordan Hooper	JR	F	Nebraska	18.2	0.336	0.803	0.8	8.8
	Natasha Howard	JR	F	Florida State	13.6	0.000	0.621	0.7	7.6
	Kortni Jones	SR	G	Middle Tennessee State	13.4	0.294	0.784	1.3	6.8
	Maggie Lucas	JR	G	Penn State	20.1	0.509	0.882	2.4	4.3
	Kevi Luper	SR	G	Oral Roberts	17.4	0.315	0.811	1.1	3.1
	Ty Marshall	JR	G	Georgia Tech	15.9	0.091	0.547	2.6	8.1
	Anna Martin	SR	G	DePaul	16.2	0.326	0.781	4.0	2.3
	A’dia Mathies	SR	G	Kentucky	15.4	0.422	0.736	2.1	4.3
	Kayla McBride	JR	G	Notre Dame	14.2	0.182	0.940	2.2	4.2
	Nadirah McKenith	SR	G	St. John’s	12.6	0.294	0.716	5.4	5.7
	Lauren Mincy	JR	G	Maryland	8.6	0.385	0.857	3.8	4.4
	Lindsey Moore	SR	G	Nebraska	15.3	0.421	0.792	5.5	3.4
	Kaleena Mosqueda‐Lewis	SO	F	Connecticut	16.8	0.491	0.882	2.3	5.7
	Chiney Ogwumike	JR	F	Stanford	22.1	0.333	0.842	1.4	12.0
	Monique Oliver	SR	F/C	Rutgers	10.3	0.000	0.730	1.2	4.9
	Chelsea Poppens	SR	F	Iowa State	11.6	0.250	0.837	1.7	8.9
	Niveen Rasheed	SR	F	Princeton	16.4	0.160	0.737	3.3	8.9
	Monique Reid	SR	F	Louisville	12.2	0.167	0.717	0.6	4.1
	Sugar Rodgers	SR	G	Georgetown	24.1	0.328	0.767	3.8	7.5
	Ebony Rowe	JR	F	Middle Tennessee State	21.7	0.000	0.727	1.5	11.2
	Shoni Schimmel	JR	G	Louisville	13.0	0.348	0.810	3.2	2.8
	Naama Shafir	SR	G	Toledo	12.1	0.343	0.768	4.7	3.1
	Odyssey Sims	JR	G	Baylor	12.5	0.351	0.857	5.5	2.3
	Shenneika Smith	SR	G	St. John’s	16.5	0.261	0.667	2.5	7.6
	Breanna Stewart	FR	F	Connecticut	14.5	0.333	0.842	0.8	7.1
	Alyssa Thomas	JR	F	Maryland	16.8	0.333	0.772	5.6	10.3
	Markel Walker	SR	G/F	UCLA	12.3	0.139	0.649	5.6	7.9
	Elizabeth Williams	SO	C	Duke	15.3	0.000	0.663	0.8	6.8

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