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. Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer announces retirement after Hall of Fame coaching career Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer announces her retirement after a Hall of Fame career, leaving the game with 1,055 wins and countless lives improved through leadership, mentorship and guidance. READ MORE The colleges (and conferences) with the most players taken in the 2022 WNBA draft Thirty-six new players were drafted into the WNBA in 2022, including 34 from NCAA Division I programs. The most came from the ACC and SEC. READ MORE College basketball teams with the most WNBA 1st-round draft picks Connecticut leads all women's college basketball programs with 25 players taken in the first round of the WNBA draft. READ MORE