USC Women's Basketball: Every Award JuJu Watkins Has Been Given or is Nominated For
JuJu Watkins has racked up awards and honors like few others during her freshman season with USC. She's earned another recent honor, as she was named one of four finalists for the Dawn Staley award. The other finalists are UConn's Paige Bueckers, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, and Iowa's Caitlin Clark.
Watkins has been named a finalist or won so many awards, it's hard to keep track of. Here's the official list for what Watkins has achieved during her freshman year, per USC Communications. Spoiler Alert: It's a long list.
• The Athletic National Freshman of the Year
• The Athletic First Team All-America
• Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Finalist
• ESPN's National Freshman of the Year
• ESPN's National Player of the Year Runner Up
• ESPN's All America Team
• Dawn Staley Award Finalist
• Sullivan Award Semifinalist
• Dawn Staley Award Later Season Watch List
• Naismith Midseason Watch List
• Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Top 10 List
• Wade Watch List
• Wooden Award Late Season Top-20 Watch List
• Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 Watch List
• Wooden Award Preseason Top-50 Watch List
• Jersey Mike's Naismith Award Watch List
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
• All-Pac-12 Team
• Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
• Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas Player of the Game (11/6)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (3x)• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (14)
• AP National Player of the Week (2)
• USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (2/6)
• USBWA Tamika Catchings Freshman of the Week (3)
On top of these honors and accolades, Watkins was an award winning player before she even stepped foot on a college basketball court. She was the Naismith Prep Player of the Year and the Gatorade National Player of the Year coming out of high school and the No. 1 recruit in the country.
If this list above doesn't already say it, Watkins has fully lived up to the expectations coming out of high school.
