PRINCETON, N.J. -- Princeton senior guard Abby Meyers has been named as one of 15 players on the midseason watch list for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award, Her Hoop Stats announced today.
 
The Becky Hammon Award, presented by Her Hoop Stats, recognizes the nation’s best mid-major player, the first such award in women’s college basketball.
 
Meyers is one of the most prolific scorers in the nation as she is averaging 17.7 points per contest. She has made 43.8 percent of her shots from the field while draining 38 percent from 3-point range. Meyers ranks top 10 in the Ivy League in five statistical categories — scoring (17.7), rebounds (6.5), field goal percentage (.438), 3-point field goal percentage (.380) and 3-point field goals per game (2.2). In addition, she has been named Ivy League Player of the Week twice this season as she helped the Tigers secure four Ivy League wins to put them on top of the standings. She has scored at least 10 points in each game this season and has six 20+ point performances.
 
The watchlist consists of players from 13 conferences, including two representatives from the Atlantic 10 and Summit League. Of the 15 players on the watchlist, there are nine guards, four forwards, one guard-forward and one forward-center. 
 
To be eligible for this award, players must compete in one of the 26 conferences deemed to be “mid-major.” The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award, and thus ineligible: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC. In October, 25 players were named to the preseason watch list. The 10 semifinalists will be announced in February, with five finalists being announced in early March. The winner will be announced in late March. The list is fluid and players may play their way on or off the list over the course of the season.
 
Hammon was a three-time All-American during her career at Colorado State and led the Rams to the Sweet 16 in 1999, the program’s only appearance to this day. In 2016 she was named one of the top 20 players in WNBA history. Hammon was the second female coach in NBA history when she began coaching for the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. Additionally, Hammon is the only woman to be a head coach in the NBA Summer League as well as the only woman to be a member of an NBA All-Star coaching staff.