South Carolina women's basketball Award Tracker

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Gamecock Central has compiled a list of all the awards and watch list honors for South Carolina this season. 

2022 Watch Lists and Awards (Dates in parentheses are previous wins)

Dawn Staley

• Naismith National Coach of the Year
• USBWA Coach of the Year
• WBCA Coach of the Year
• SEC Coach of the Year

Aliyah Boston

• Honda Cup (Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year)
• SEC Female Athlete of the Year
• Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year
• Naismith Trophy Defensive Player of the Year
• Wade Trophy (Player of the Year)
• Wooden Award (Player of the Year)
• AP Player of the Year
• Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Winner (USBWA Player of the Year)
• The Athletic National Player of the Year (2021 winner)
• Lisa Leslie Center of the Year (2020, 2021 winner)
• The Athletic First-Team All-American (2021)
• SEC Player of the Year
• SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021 winner)
• Final Four Most Outstanding Player
• NCAA All-Tournament team
• Greensboro Regional Most Outstanding Player
• All-Regional Team (Greensboro)
• First-Team All-SEC (2020, 2021)
• SEC All-Defense (2020, 2021)
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2021)
• First-Team All-American (AP, USBWA, WBCA)
• CoSIDA Women’s Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (2021)
• First-Team CoSIDA All-American (2021)
• Honda Sport Award – Basketball

Destanni Henderson

• First-Team All-SEC
• NCAA All-Tournament team
• All-Regional Team (Greensboro)
• Third-Team All-American (USBWA)
• Honorable Mention All-American (AP)
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2020, 2021)

Watch Lists:

• Wade Trophy Midseason Watch List
• Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List (Top 30)
• Wooden Award National Ballot (Top 15)
• Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist (Top Five)
• Dawn Staley Award Finalist (Top Four)
• WBCA Region 2 All-America finalist

Zia Cooke

• Second-team All-SEC
• NCAA All-Tournament team
• Honorable Mention All-American (AP) (2021)

Watch lists:

• Wooden Award Midseason Top 25
• Naismith Trophy Watch List
• Wade Trophy Midseason Watch List
• Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List

Laeticia Amihere

• Canadian World Cup Qualifying team
• SEC Women’s Basketball Community Service Team

Brea Beal

• Cheryl Miller Award Watch List

Kamilla Cardoso

• Brazilian World Cup Qualifying team (All-tournament team)

Ashlyn Watkins

• McDonald’s All-American
• Jordan Brand Classic
• Naismith third-team All-American
• 2022 Gatorade South Carolina Player of the Year

Talaysia Cooper

• McDonald’s All-American
• 2021 Gatorade South Carolina Player of the Year
• South Carolina Class-A Player of the Year (three times)

Watch list:

• Naismith High School Girls Midseason Team (Top 25)

Previous seasons (Watch Lists not included)

Dawn Staley

• SEC Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022)
• Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2004, 2005)
• AP National Coach of the Year (2020)
• WBCA National Coach of the Year (2020)
• Naismith National Coach of the Year (2020)
• USBWA National Coach of the Year (2020)
• USA Basketball Coach of the Year (2015, 2018, 2021)

Aliyah Boston

• The Athletic National Player of the Year (2021, 2022)
• Lisa Leslie Center of the Year (2020, 2021)
• First-Team All-American (2021, 2022)
• Second-Team All-American (2020)
• First-Team All-SEC (2020, 2021, 2022)
• CoSIDA Women’s Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (2021, 2022)
• First-Team CoSIDA All-American (2021)
• SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022)
• SEC All-Defense Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• SEC Tournament MVP (2021)
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022)
• NCAA Hemisfair Region All-Tournament Team (2021)
• SEC Freshman of the Year (2020)
• National Freshman of the Year (2020)

Destanni Henderson

• SEC All-Tournament Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)
• Third-Team All-American (USBWA, 2022)
• Honorable Mention All-American (AP, 2022)

Zia Cooke 

• Honorable Mention All-American (2021, 2022)
• First-Team All-SEC (2021)
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2021)
• NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team (2021)
• NCAA Hemisfair Region MOP (2021)
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2020)

Laeticia Amihere

• SEC Women’s Basketball Community Service Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• NCAA Hemisfair Region All-Tournament Team (2021)
• 2021 Canadian Olympic Team

Kamilla Cardoso

• ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2021 while at Syracuse)
• ACC Freshman of the Year (2021 while at Syracuse)
• First-team All-ACC (2021 while at Syracuse)
• ACC All-Freshman Team (2021 while at Syracuse)
• ACC All-Defense Team (2021 while at Syracuse)

Victoria Saxton

• NCAA Hemisfair Region All-Tournament Team (2021)
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)

Saniya Rivers

• Gatorade National High School Player of the Year (2021)
• USA Today National High School Player of the Year (2021)

Raven Johnson

• Naismith High School Player of the Year (2021)
• WBCA High School Player of the Year (2021)

This page will be updated as more honors are announced.