COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association named Mizzou redshirt senior forward Jordan Frericks a candidate for the 2018 Katrina McClain Award on Thursday. The honor recognizes the top power forwards in Women’s Division 1 college basketball.
Frericks is one of 20 watch list candidates in the nation and one of just three SEC players on the list, joining Florida’s Haley Lorenzen and Georgia’s Caliya Robinson. Frericks is coming off a redshirt after a knee injury sidelined the Quincy, Illinois, native for the entire 2016-17 season, but the 6-foot-1 senior has been dominant when healthy.
In 2015-16, Frericks was named Second-Team All-SEC by coaches and honorable mention All-SEC by the Associated Press after averaging 12.1 points and 7.7 assists, while racking up 44 assists, 39 steals and 24 blocks. She became the 33rd member of Mizzou’s 1,000-Point Club, tied the eight-best single-season field goal percentage mark at 55.1 percent, scored in double figures in 21 games and recorded seven double-doubles.
In her most recent action against McKendree on Nov. 6 in the final game of exhibition play, Frericks picked up right where she left off, racking up nine points on 50 percent shooting while also collecting four defensive boards, four steals and two blocked shots in just 17 minutes. Frericks and the Tigers open regular season play this Friday at 2:30 p.m. CT as they take on Western Kentucky in the opening round of the Hawkeye Challenge.
The Selection Committee for the Katrina McClain Award is composed of top women’s college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers.
The list will be narrowed down to 10 in mid-February and then five finalists will be selected in March that will be presented to Katrina McClain and the selection committee. The winner of this award will be presented live at an inaugural awards ceremony hosted by the Basketball Hall of Fame, Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, and ESPN at the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Columbus, OH.
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