KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee redshirt sophomore guard Diamond DeShields is one of five players who will attend the NCAA and ESPN Women’s Basketball Media Day on Nov. 3. The event will be held at the ESPN campus in Bristol, Connn.
DeShields was selected among a “Starting Five” of the top student-athletes for the coming season in Nina Davis, Baylor; Moriah Jefferson, UConn; Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina and Breanna Stewart, UConn. They’ll join 2015 Women’s Final Four head coaches Geno Auriemma of UConn, Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame, Dawn Staley of South Carolina and Brenda Frese of Maryland.