Elizabeth LaFleur | NCAA.com | February 9, 2021 2021 Midseason Team for Naismith Women's Player of the Year announced The 2021 NCAA women's basketball bracket, predicted just past the halfway mark of the season Share The Naismith Trophy announced its Midseason Team for the 2021 Women's Player of the Year award. Sabrina Ionescu from Oregon won the 2020 prize. The list includes 30 players from 7 different conferences. NAISMITH HONORS: 2021 Midseason Team for Defensive Player of the Year Kentucky's Rhyne Howard returns to the 2021 list after becoming a finalist in 2020. The list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists on March 2 before narrowing again to four finalists on March 19. The winner of the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Women's College Player of the Year Award will be announced April 3, the day before the NCAA championship game. See the full Midseason Team below. FULL NAME CLASS POSITION SCHOOL CONFERENCE Aliyah Boston So. F South Carolina SEC Paige Bueckers Fr. G UConn BIG EAST Caitlin Clark Fr. G Iowa Big Ten Charli Collier Jr. F/C Texas Big 12 Zia Cooke So. G South Carolina SEC Elissa Cunane Jr. C NC State ACC Rennia Davis Sr. G/F Tennessee SEC Chelsea Dungee Sr. G Arkansas SEC Dana Evans Sr. G Louisville ACC Kysre Gondrezick Sr. G West Virginia Big 12 Arella Guirantes Sr. G Rutgers Big Ten Anastasia Hayes Jr. G Middle Tennessee State C-USA Naz Hillmon Jr. F Michigan Big Ten Rhyne Howard Jr. G Kentucky SEC Rickea Jackson So. F Mississippi St. SEC Ashley Joens Jr. G/F Iowa State Big 12 Haley Jones So. G Stanford Pac-12 N'dea Jones Sr. F Texas A&M SEC Dorka Juhász Jr. F Ohio State Big Ten Natasha Mack Sr. F Oklahoma State Big 12 Aari McDonald Sr. G Arizona Pac-12 Olivia Nelson-Ododa Jr. F UConn BIG EAST Michaela Onyenwere Sr. F UCLA Pac-12 Charisma Osborne So. G UCLA Pac-12 Ashley Owusu So. G Maryland Big Ten Lindsey Pulliam Sr. G Northwestern Big Ten NaLyssa Smith Jr. F Baylor Big 12 Jasmine Walker Sr. F Alabama SEC Kiana Williams Sr. G Stanford Pac-12 Christyn Williams Jr. G UConn BIG EAST International 3-point line distance approved in women’s college basketball The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved several rule changes to 3-point line placement, live statistic technology, instant replay and challenges within women's college basketball. READ MORE How Paige Bueckers’ freshman season compares to other all-time greats You can make a case that Paige Bueckers had the greatest DI women's college basketball freshman season of all time. READ MORE Colleges with most players in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame UCLA leads all schools with seven basketball players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. READ MORE