DePaul's Chanise Jenkins, St. John's Aliyyah Handford and Seton Hall's Tabatha Richardson-Smith up for college basketball's most prestigious honor.
ATLANTA, Ga. – Three BIG EAST Conference players were named to the Naismith Trophy Women's Early Season Watch List. BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year Aliyyah Handford, a senior from St. John's, DePaul senior Chanise Jenkins and Seton Hall senior Tabatha Richardson-Smith were named by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors as candidates for the annual award which recognizes the nation's top college basketball player.
Each year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors chooses the 50 players for the "Naismith Watch List" as well as the mid-season team of 30 candidates (Feb.