Quinesha Lockett Named to Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Watch List
10/26/2023 10:19:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Fifth-year senior guard earns second preseason watch list nod
TOLEDO, Ohio – Fifth-year senior guard Quinesha Lockett has been named to the 2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats.
This marks the second preseason watch list for Lockett and the second straight season she has been named to the preseason watch list for this particular award. Lockett is the lone MAC player to appear on the list. Earlier this month, she was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list, annually presented to the best shooting guard in the nation.
The reigning MAC Player of the Year and MAC Tournament MVP, Lockett was the first conference player of the year for Toledo since 1998-99. She was also named First-Team All-MAC for the second straight season. Lockett averaged 17.9 PPG last year, which ranked second in the MAC, and also averaged 4.9 RPG and 3.6 APG. The Omaha, Neb. native stood tall when it mattered most, leading the Rockets to a MAC Tournament title and tallying a double-double (24 points and 13 rebounds) in Toledo's NCAA Tournament win vs. No. 5 seed Iowa State.
To be eligible for this award, players must compete in one of the 26 conferences deemed to be "mid-major". The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award, and thus ineligible: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC. In January the 15-player midseason watch list will be announced, followed by 10 semifinalists announced in February. The five finalists will be announced in early March, with the winner announced around the Final Four. The list is fluid and players may play their way on or off the list over the course of the season.
