Elizabeth LaFleur | NCAA.com | March 1, 2021 Here are the five finalists for the 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award NCAA.com's Autumn Johnson breaks down the second women's basketball top 16 reveal Share The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced five finalists for the 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award. The award is given annually to the top point guard in the NCAA. The award's namesake, Nancy Lieberman, led Old Dominion University to back-to-back AIAW national championships in 1979 and 1980. Lieberman went on to play professionally before coaching in the WNBA and later worked as an assistant in the NBA. WATCH: Women's basketball second Top 16 reveal Past winners of the Liberman award include Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins and Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu. Ionescu won the Lieberman award in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Below are this year's five finalists. A winner will be announced April 9 along with four other members of the women's starting five. Name School Year Aari McDonald Arizona Sr. DiDi Richards Baylow Sr. Paige Bueckers UConn Fr. Caitlin Clark Iowa Fr. Tiana Mangakahia Syracuse Redshirt Sr. Nina King to continue as NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee chair in 2021-22; Beth Goetz named to chair committee in 2022-23 Duke’s Nina King will continue in her role as chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee in 2021-22, while Beth Goetz of Ball State has been named vice chair for the coming season before stepping into the chair position in 2022-23. READ MORE Where the U.S. Olympic women's 3x3 basketball team played in college The four-player roster for the 2020 U.S. Olympic women's 3x3 basketball team featured a player from UConn, one from Notre Dame, one from Washington and another from South Carolina. READ MORE Where the 2021 WNBA All-Stars played college The 2021 WNBA All-Star Game is set for July 14 in Las Vegas. This is the first time the event will happen in the same year as the Summer Olympics — and the U.S. roster is the All-Stars' opponent for the game. READ MORE