Golden Gopher junior guard Mara Braun was named to the 20-player watch list for the 2025 Ann Meyers-Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Award, as announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Named after the first player, male or female, selected to an All-America Team in four straight college seasons, the annual award in its eighth year recognizes the top shooting guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Last season, Braun was named All Big Ten Honorable Mention by both the coaches and media despite playing only 20 games due to an injury. The Wayzata, Minn., native earned a spot on the Cheryl Miller Preseason Watch List and the top 10 mid-season list. Braun averaged a team leading 17.0 points per game in 2023-24. Braun is the conference’s top returning 3-point shooter, making an average of 2.9 per game last season. She is also the second-highest returning scorer in the Big Ten this season. Notably, a year ago Braun was second in the nation in free throw percentage at 94.8 percent.
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