EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State Women's Basketball junior forward Grace VanSlooten was named to the Cheryl Miller Award preseason watch list, as announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Wednesday.
She is one of five Big Ten players on the list along with Indiana's Yarden Garzon, Maryland's Saylor Poffenbarger, Ohio State's Cotie McMahon and UCLA's Angela Dugalić. The award honors the nation's top small forwards.
VanSlooten is in her first season at Michigan State after transferring from Oregon. She averaged 14.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in two season with the Ducks. In the Spartans 101-40 exhibition win over Wayne State on Oct. 28, VanSlooten tied a team high with 16 points in just 18 minutes.
The Cheryl Miller Award, in its eighth year, honors the top small forwards in women's Division I women's college basketball. It is named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer.
Fan voting begins on Friday, Nov. 1 at hoophallawards.com.
The Spartans open the regular season against Oakland on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Breslin Center.
2025 Cheryl Miller Award Candidates
Sarah Ashlee Barker, Alabama
Andrea Daley, Boston College
Lior Garzon, Colorado
Yarden Garzon, Indiana
Temira Poindexter, Kansas State
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Saylor Poffenbarger , Maryland
Grace VanSlooten, Michigan State
Alyssa Ustby, North Carolina
Madison Hayes, NC State
Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Sahara Williams, Oklahoma
Madison Scott, Ole Miss
Maryam Dauda, South Carolina
Madison Booker, Texas
Aicha Coulibaly, Texas A&M
Angela Dugalić, UCLA
Sarah Strong, UConn
Gianna Kneepkens, Utah
Sacha Washington, Vanderbilt
Release courtesy of MSU Athletics.
