University of Tennessee Athletics
Harrison On Naismith Midseason 30
February 11, 2015 | Women's Basketball
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday the 2014-15 Naismith Trophy Women's Midseason 30, presented by AT&T, and Lady Vol senior Isabelle Harrison is among the players making the cut. She was previously announced as a member of the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20.
Harrison, a 6-foot-3 center from Nashville, is averaging 12.7 points and 8.9 rebounds in 18 games. She is connecting on 45.3% of her shots from the field and leads the team in blocked shots with 23 thus far.
Over the past five games, Harrison has really started to find her comfort zone on the court. She is averaging 16.2 points and 8.8 rebounds during that span while shooting 60% from the floor and 72.4% from the free throw line.
A first-time awards candidate, Harrison missed five games after spraining her right knee in the season-opener vs. Penn and took some time getting back to full speed.
Founded during the 1956-57 season, the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an Atlanta Sports Council property, is committed to promoting the game of basketball and recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of those who make the game so exciting.
The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the Naismith Awards, which have become the most prestigious national honors in all of college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T recognizes the top Men's and Women's College Basketball Players of the Year.
Other Naismith Awards are presented to the Men's and Women's College Basketball Coaches of the Year, Boy's and Girl's high school basketball players and coaches of the year, high school scholar-athletes, basketball officials, student sections and overall contributors to the game.
The Naismith Trophy was first presented to UCLA's Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in 1969. Old Dominion's Anne Donovan won the inaugural Women's Naismith Trophy in 1983.
