Junior guard Deja Kelly has been named to the Midseason Top 25 Watch List for the John R. Wooden Award, as announced Wednesday by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The list was selected by a poll of national college basketball experts and is based on performance during the 2022-23 season so far.
Kelly is leading the Tar Heels this season with 16.3 points per game, which ranks fifth in the ACC. She also ranks sixth in the conference in assists (4.0), seventh in assist-turnover ratio (2.2), 11th in field goal percentage (.371), and 14th in free throw percentage (.