COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Senior
Shyanne Sellers of the 18th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List Tuesday – an honor given to the nation’s top shooting guard. Sellers is one of 20 top players in the country named to the list.
Sellers, a native of Aurora, Ohio, was named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team for the second straight season earlier this fall. Last year, she earned All-Big Ten First Team honors and was a WBCA
Sellers averaged a team-high 15.6 points, 5.5 assists and 5.8 rebounds last year as a junior. She is one of four returning players in the country to average more than 15.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds last season.
Maryland will play 12 games against 2024 NCAA Tournament teams this season, including six games against Sweet Sixteen teams. The Terrapins will welcome No. 11 Duke, No. 5 UCLA, No. 3 USC and No. 14 Ohio State to College Park this season.
More information on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award can be found at
www.hoophallawards.com/.
Maryland returns All-Big Ten honorees Sellers and
Bri McDaniel, as well as
Emily Fisher,
Emma Chardon and
Allie Kubek for the 2024-25 season. The Terrapins also welcome three incoming freshmen in
Ava McKennie (McSherrystown, Pa.),
Breanna Williams (Billings, Mon.) and
Kyndal Walker (Beltsville, Md.).
Head coach
Brenda Frese and her staff signed seven transfers in
Christina Dalce (Edison, N.J. / Villanova),
Amari DeBerry ( Williamsville, N.Y. / UConn),
Mir McLean (Baltimore, Md. / UConn/Virginia),
Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu (London, England / Gulf Coast State),
Saylor Poffenbarger (Middletown, Md. / Arkansas/UConn),
Kaylene Smikle (Bay Shore, N.Y. / Rutgers) and
Sarah Te-Biasu (Montreal, Canada / VCU).
Click
here for the full 2024-25 schedule. The Terps will officially open the season with a matchup at UMBC on Monday, Nov. 4.
Season tickets for the 2024-25 season are now on sale at
umterps.com.
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