UConn’s Christyn Williams wins Ann Meyers Drysdale award as nation’s top shooting guard
Christyn Williams, leading scorer for the UConn women’s basketball team, was named the top shooting guard in the nation in winning the Naismith Hall of Fame’s Ann Meyers Drysdale Award on Friday.
Williams, a 5-foot-11 senior from Little Rock, Arkansas, is the first Husky to win the award, which was established in 2018. The award was announced at the Women’s Final Four where UConn was playing Stanford late Friday in the national semifinals.
With UConn beset with injuries much of the year, Williams had to step up and steady the team. She played in 31 games, averaging 34.2 minutes, 14.7 points, shooting 46.8 percent, 34.5 on 3-pointers.
The other finalists were Sonya Morris (DePaul), Kierstan Bell (Florida Gulf Coast), Taylor Mikesell (Ohio State) and Taylor Robertson (Oklahoma).
Dom Amore can be reached at damore@courant.com
