Maryland point guard Destiny Slocum was named National Freshman of the Year on Saturday by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
Slocum averaged 11.5 points and 6.0 assists per game in her rookie season with the Terps. She started 34 games and averaged a team-high 30.9 minutes per contest, including 33.7 minutes in conference play.
She made national headlines by sinking a 65-foot overhead heave in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against West Virginia, but Slocum spent the whole season knocking down three-pointers. She connected on 71 of 190 attempts (37.4 percent), breaking Kristi Toliver’s program freshman record for made threes.