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Ottawa’s Achol Akot on Watch List for Top NCAA Women’s Basketball Forward
The 20-player preseason list includes Akot after she averaged 12.4 points and 7.2 rebounds last season at Oklahoma State.
- On Wednesday, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame named Ottawa native Achol Akot to the 20-player preseason watch list for the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award.
- The six-foot-one senior joined the 12th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels after transferring from Oklahoma State, where she earned an honourable mention on the All-Big 12 team.
- Akot averaged 12.4 points and 7.2 rebounds in 2025-26, shooting 63.3 per cent from the field to rank sixth nationally while recording 21 games with double-digit points and six double-doubles.
- She opens the 2026-27 campaign with North Carolina on Monday, Nov. 2, facing Oklahoma at Adidas Arena in Paris, France, for the 2026 Oui Play.
- The Hall of Fame will trim the initial 20 candidates to 10 in February, with five finalists for the Miller Award selected in March.
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The Toronto Star+4 Reposted by 4 other sources
Ottawa’s Achol Akot on watch list for top NCAA women’s basketball forward
SPRINGFIELD - Ottawa's Achol Akot was named to the pre-season watch list for the 2027 Cheryl Miller Award, which honours the top small forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball,
·Toronto, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press+4 Reposted by 4 other sources
Ottawa's Achol Akot on watch list for top NCAA women's basketball forward
SPRINGFIELD - Ottawa's Achol Akot was named to the pre-season watch list for the 2027 Cheryl Miller Award, which honours the top small forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball, on Wednesday.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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