Tar Heel junior Janelle Bailey had been selected as one of 20 top collegiate centers on the 2020 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List, announced Friday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association). It's the second year in a row that Bailey, a 6-4 center from Charlotte, N.C., has been part of the watch list.
Bailey recently was voted to the 2019-20 Preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, also for the second year in a row. Last season as a sophomore, she was the ACC's top-scoring front court player, averaging 16.