2026 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year presented by Her Hoop Stats Preseason Watch List

25 players representing 19 schools and 12 conferences selected to preseason watch list

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Hopewell, N.J. (October 22, 2025) – We are proud to announce the 25-player watch list for the 2026 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats. The Becky Hammon Award was first given out in 2020, and Harvard’s Harmoni Turner won the most recent award in 2025.

Below are the 25 watch list members, listed in alphabetical order by school. This year’s watch list includes representatives from 19 teams and 12 conferences.

Five different teams placed multiple players on the watch list, led by South Florida with three. South Florida’s three representatives tie 2023-24’s Gonzaga team for the most on a single list in the award’s history.

All three South Florida representatives are first-year transfers, the first time a single team has had three such players named to a single watch list. In total, five first-year transfers were selected for this watch list.

The A-10 places five players on the watch list, which ties for the most for a single list in the award’s history, matching the MAC’s 2020-21 season, when it accounted for five of 15 players on that season’s midseason watch list.

Four players become the first to represent their school on any Hammon Award watch list: Taryn Barbot (Col. of Charleston), Avery Koenen (North Dakota State), En’Dya Buford (Old Dominion), and Mary-Anna Asare (VCU).

Madison St. Rose’s selection and South Florida’s three honorees make Princeton and South Florida two of just three teams (Gonzaga) with five players appearing on at least one list. The A-10 moves into first all-time with 13 unique players, ahead of the MAC and MVC with 12 each.

Watch List and Select Statistics

Taryn Barbot, Col. of Charleston, Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 17.8 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.3 SPG

Riley Weiss, Columbia, Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 17.8 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.1 SPG

Meghan Andersen, Fairfield, Jr., RR
2024-25 Stats: 15.1 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 1.3 BPG, 1.3 SPG

Kaety L’Amoreaux, Fairfield, Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 12.4 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 4.3 APG, 2.1 SPG

Kennedy Harris, George Mason, Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 14.1 PPG, 2.3 APG, 1.5 SPG

Zahirah Walton, George Mason, R-Jr., F
2024-25 Stats: 15.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.0 BPG, 1.7 SPG

Allie Turner, Gonzaga, So, G
2024-25 Stats: 13.4 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.6 APG

Peyton McDaniel, James Madison, R-Sr., G
2024-25 Stats: 16 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 1.7 SPG

Megan Olbrys, Massachusetts, R-Sr., F
2024-25 Stats: 14.0 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 3.2 APG, 1.0 SPG

Haven Ford, Murray St., Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 14.9 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 5.2 APG, 2.0 SPG

Halli Poock, Murray St., Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 17.0 PPG, 4.3 APG

Zanai Barnett-Gay, Navy, Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 19.2 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 3.2 APG, 2.4 SPG

Avery Koenen, North Dakota St., Jr., F
2024-25 Stats: 14.6 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 1.0 BPG, 1.2 SPG

En’Dya Buford, Old Dominion, Gr., G
2024-25 Stats: 13.5 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 4.3 APG, 2.5 SPG

Madison St. Rose, Princeton, Sr., G
2024-25 Stats*: 17.0 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.8 SPG
*Played only four games in 2024-25

Maggie Doogan, Richmond, Sr., F
2024-25 Stats: 17.0 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.1 BPG, 1.2 SPG

Rachel Ullstrom, Richmond, Sr., G
2024-25 Stats: 15.3 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 1.4 SPG

Sophie Glancey, Santa Clara, Gr., F
2024-25 Stats (Northern Arizona): 18.3 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 1.8 BPG

Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota St., Sr., F
2024-25 Stats: 17.3 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.0 SPG

Edyn Battle, South Fla., Gr., G
2024-25 Stats (Jacksonville): 20.8 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 2.9 APG, 1.3 SPG

Katie Davidson, South Fla., Gr., G
2024-25 Stats (IU Indy): 19.4 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 1.6 SPG

Kirsten Lewis-Williams, South Fla., Jr., G
2024-25 Stats (Buffalo): 13.8 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 3.1 APG, 2.3 SPG

Teresa Seppala, Tulsa, Sr., G
2024-25 Stats (Siena): 16.7 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.7 SPG

Mary-Anna Asare, VCU, Sr., G
2024-25 Stats: 16.0 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.7 SPG

Raegan McCowan, Western Ill., Jr., G
2024-25 Stats: 22.3 PPG, 7.7 RPG

Award Eligibility & Schedule

To be eligible for this award, players must compete in one of the 26 conferences deemed to be “mid-major.” The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award and thus ineligible: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, and SEC. Additionally, players from Oregon State and Washington State remain ineligible this year.

The 15-player midseason watch list will be announced in January, followed by 10 semifinalists announced in February. The five finalists will be announced in early March, with the winner announced around the Final Four. The list is fluid, and players may play their way on or off it over the course of the season.

About Becky Hammon

Hammon was a three-time All-American at Colorado State and led the Rams to the Sweet 16 in 1999, the program’s only appearance to date. She was signed by the New York Liberty in 1999 and traded to the San Antonio Stars in 2007, where she played the rest of her career. Hammon retired in 2014 as a six-time All-Star and a two-time All-WNBA First Team honoree. In 2016, she was named one of the top 20 players in WNBA history and was named to the W25 in 2021.

Hammon became the second female coach in NBA history when she began coaching for the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. Additionally, Hammon is the only woman to be a head coach in the NBA Summer League and the only woman to be a member of an NBA All-Star coaching staff. Currently, Hammon is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces and has won the 2022, 2023 and 2025 WNBA Championships.

About Her Hoop Stats

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