Naz Hillmon named B1G WBB Player of the Year
https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2021/03/michigans-naz-hillmon-named-bi…
Congrats to Naz. She is the first Michigan player to ever win the award, and just the second player ever to win B1G Freshman, Sixth Man and Player of the Year in their career. Only a junior, hope to see her run it back next year.
Anyone know what her prospects for All-American are, and if she's considered a WNBA draft early entry candidate?
Way to go Naz! She is so fun to watch and plays so strong. She's as effective as an undersized Garza without all the dirty elbows.
She is a walking layup. If you give her the ball anywhere near the painted area, it turns into a gimme.
Congrats to Naz. My wife got to have dinner with the team two years ago when they hosted a breast cancer survivor event. She sat next to Naz. My wife came away loving her. She was engaged, curious and engaging. She is a champion whether on the hardwood or not.
Congratulations Naz and the rest of the ladies that make-up the WBB team.
Way to go Naz and the lady Wolverines! You are the best!
Talk about career progression. Awesome for Naz!
Next year Wooden award?
Go Ladies!
Deservedly so!
a clear and obvious choice.
i was wondering aboutt early entry, too, but it turns out she's not eligible. the wnba requires players to turn 22 during the year the draft takes place, and she won't turn 21 until april.
beyond that - i think she really loves the platform she gets at u of m. she seems to love college.
i'll be really interested to see what she does next season. she's improved in meaningful ways every offseason. she's a better passer, better defender, and has bumped her free throw shooting, from 63% as a frosh to 74% now. if she could pick up a little 10-foot jumper she'd be even more unstoppable.
+1 informative
Awesome news! Congratulations Naz!
Go Blue!
Well deserved. Congrats.
Even though she was the obvious choice, this is still a Big Deal.
GZ Naz. I'm proud that you are a Wolverine.
Congratulationsl
Well-earned. First Wolverine ever to win, too.
Congratulations Naz!
So happy that Naz has been given this well-deserved recognition! I look forward to being able to get back in Crisler this fall and watching her play with Coach Kim’s best recruiting class ever.
Nice!! Congratulations to Naz for winning an award that has to be earned. Not easy to be considered the best player in a league of good players. And its a sign of righteous respect from competitors, conference leadership, and media.
Also saw on BTN last night that she was voted as BTPOY by both the coaches and the media. It's unanimous!
As a point of reference, it can be a split award as happened in 2018 (per the googles and BTN) when the coaches voted for osu's Kelsey Mitchell and media voted for Iowa's Megan Gustafson (also won national POY in 2019, apparently).