SALT LAKE CITY — The USBWA has named Utah Women's Basketball's Gianna Kneepkens as a Top 50 standout in the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year Midseason Watchlist.
Kneepkens is averaging 19.2 points per game and shooting 50.4 percent from the field, 46.4 percent from the three and 90.8 percent from the free throw line.
She currently ranks No. 7 in the nation in three point percentage (46.4), No. 9 in the nation in total threes (65) and No. 7 in the nation in three pointers per game (3.10). She's also No. 14 in the nation in free throw percentage (90.8).
Kneepkens has recorded 20 or more points in seven games this season including two 30-point games. She boasted a career-high 32 points against BYU that included a career-high 10 made free throws. She's knocked down three or more three pointers in 12 games this season and Utah is 11-1 in those games.
Recently Kneepkens became the first Ute to score 25 or more points in four consecutive games. She was named Big 12 Player of the Week earlier this season (1/27/25) after putting up back-to-back 30 point games. First, she put up 30 against Kansas (1/22/25) and later 32 against BYU (1/25/25).
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award winner is to be announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Tampa, from April 4-6.
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