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Syracuse women’s basketball: Dyaisha Fair named to Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List

For the second year in a row Syracuse Orange women’s basketball star guard Dyaisha Fair joined the preseason watch list for the 2024 Nancy Lieberman Award, which recognizes the top women’s basketball point guard in Division I.

Fair, who made the All-ACC first team last season, was one of four ACC point guards picked for the twenty player watch list, joining Deja Kelly of North Carolina, Olivia Miles of Notre Dame and Georgia Amoor of Virginia Tech.

The award is given to the nation’s top women’s basketball point guard and candidates for the honor “must exhibit the floor leadership, play-making, and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.