Nebraska center Kate Cain is among the 20 initial candidates for the 2020 Lisa Leslie Award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), which announced the award watch list on Friday, Oct. 25.
Cain, a 6-5 junior from Middletown, N.Y., has started 61 straight games for the Huskers the past two seasons. She has averaged 8.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and a record-setting 2.9 blocked shots per game in her first two years at Nebraska. She set the school season block record with 100 as a freshman, before smashing the sophomore block record with 79 in 2018-19.