Nia Clouden Named to Wooden Award and Wade Trophy Watch Lists
11/8/2021 11:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball senior guard Nia Clouden continues to rack up preseason honors after being named to the John R. Wooden Award® Women's Preseason Top 50 Watch List and the 2022 Wade Trophy preseason Watch List, as both were announced Tuesday.
Clouden is one of nine Big Ten players named to both watch lists.
The Owings Mills, Maryland native was also named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA Preseason Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award, recognizing the nation's top point guard. She was also named to the preseason All-Big Ten team.
Last season, Clouden was fifth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game. A first-team All-Big Ten selection a year ago, Clouden also averaged 3.9 assists per game last season. She shot a career-best 46.4 percent from the field, along with 32.4 percent from beyond the arc and 78.0 percent from the charity stripe.
In 2021-22, Clouden was one of only six players in the Big Ten with multiple 30-point games, recording three. She scored a career-high 34 points at Michigan on Feb. 16.
The Wade Trophy, now in its 45th year, is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen.
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing the Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, the Wooden Award All-American Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legends of Coaching recipient.
Michigan State opens the 2021-22 season against Morehead State on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Breslin Center.
Big Ten Players Named to Both Watch Lists
Grace Berger, Indiana
Leigh Brown, Michigan
Veronica Burton, Northwestern
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Nia Clouden, Michigan State
Monika Czinano, Iowa
Naz Hillmon, Michigan
Diamond Miller, Maryland
Ashley Owusu, Maryland
Clouden is one of nine Big Ten players named to both watch lists.
The Owings Mills, Maryland native was also named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA Preseason Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award, recognizing the nation's top point guard. She was also named to the preseason All-Big Ten team.
Last season, Clouden was fifth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game. A first-team All-Big Ten selection a year ago, Clouden also averaged 3.9 assists per game last season. She shot a career-best 46.4 percent from the field, along with 32.4 percent from beyond the arc and 78.0 percent from the charity stripe.
In 2021-22, Clouden was one of only six players in the Big Ten with multiple 30-point games, recording three. She scored a career-high 34 points at Michigan on Feb. 16.
The Wade Trophy, now in its 45th year, is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen.
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing the Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, the Wooden Award All-American Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legends of Coaching recipient.
Michigan State opens the 2021-22 season against Morehead State on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Breslin Center.
Big Ten Players Named to Both Watch Lists
Grace Berger, Indiana
Leigh Brown, Michigan
Veronica Burton, Northwestern
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Nia Clouden, Michigan State
Monika Czinano, Iowa
Naz Hillmon, Michigan
Diamond Miller, Maryland
Ashley Owusu, Maryland
Players Mentioned
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