Breanna Stewart Claims USA Basketball Female Athlete Of The Year Award
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FIBA U19 World Championship this past summer, as well as her participa- tion in the USA Basketball Women’s National Team mini-camp in October, Breanna Stewart (University of Connecticut/North Syracuse, N.Y.) was named the 2013 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year. “It’s a great honor,” said Stewart,
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who also earned the USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year award in 2011. “I love competing with USA Basketball and have been very fortu- nate to have the opportunity to do that for the last several years. I’m so happy and thankful that USA Basketball has given me all the opportunities it has to travel abroad and learn a lot.” In leading the USA to a 9-0 record
and gold medal at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship, Stewart was named MVP of the 16-team tournament. Having also won a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship, Stewart became one of just three U.S. female athletes to have played on two USA U19 World Championship Teams. “Breanna is an amazing talent who
is respectful of her opportunities, and at the same time, she will take over every big-time ball game she is a part of,” said Katie Meier, USA U19 and University of Miami head coach. Having earned the USA Basketball
Female Athlete of the Year honor in 2011 as well, Stewart is the youngest repeat recipient of the award, and she joins a prestigious group of athletes who have earned the honor more than once, includ- ing Teresa Edwards (2000, 1996, 1990, 1987), Lisa Leslie (2002, 1998, 1993), Cheryl Miller (1984, 1986), Dawn Staley (2004, 1994) and Diana Taurasi (2006, 2010, 2012). “USA Basketball is very proud to honor Breanna as our 2013 Female
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n the heels of a fifth gold medal with USA Basketball that was earned at the
3-point (14-24 3pt FGs) and 89.7 percent from the free throw line (26-29 FTs). Among all participants in the world
championship field, she ranked first for 3-point percentage, second for free throw percentage and fourth in scoring. Six times Stewart led the team in
scoring, and she scored 20-or-more points four times, including a high of 26 points versus Lithuania on July 18. She led the team in scoring and rebounding in the gold medal win over France with 16 points and nine rebounds, and in a semifinal win over Australia, she led the team in rebounding with eight and scored 14 of her game-high 23 points during a game-clinching 21-0 U.S. run. Stewart set a USA U19 women’s
competition record for most points Continued on page 15
USA Basketball Female Athlete Of The Year Award Recipients
Breanna Stewart, one of just three U.S. female players to have played on two USA U19 World Championship Teams, earned her second USA Basketball’s Female Athlete of the Year award.
Athlete of the Year,” said Jim Tooley, USA Basketball CEO/Executive Director. “She not only is an incredible basketball talent, as evidenced by her U19 world championship MVP selection, but she also is a tremendous team leader, and we are very grateful for her dedica- tion and commitment.” USA Basketball’s Female Athlete of
the Year Award was established in 1980 to recognize a USA Basketball athlete who, during the year of the award, made a significant impact on the success of her team’s performance. As a member of the 2013 USA
Women’s U19 World Championship Team, Stewart started in all nine games to help the USA capture a 9-0 record and a gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Lithuania. Along the way to earning tourna-
ment MVP, Stewart averaged team-bests of 16.9 points and 24.7 minutes per game while adding 6.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.3 blocks and 1.2 assists per game. She shot 50.9 percent from the field (56-110 FGs), 58.3 percent from
Year Athlete
2013 Breanna Stewart 2012 Diana Taurasi 2011 Breanna Stewart 2010 Diana Taurasi 2009 Tina Charles 2008 Katie Smith 2007 Candice Wiggins 2006 Diana Taurasi 2005 Crystal Langhorne 2004 Dawn Staley 2003 Seimone Augustus 2002 Lisa Leslie 2001 Ayana Walker 2000 Teresa Edwards 1999 Natalie Williams 1998 Lisa Leslie 1997 Chamique Holdsclaw 1996 Teresa Edwards 1995 Sylvia Crawley 1994 Dawn Staley 1993 Lisa Leslie 1992 Katrina McClain 1991 Ruthie Bolton 1990 Teresa Edwards 1989 Venus Lacey 1988 Katrina McClain 1987 Teresa Edwards 1986 Cheryl Miller 1985 Jennifer Gillom 1984 Cheryl Miller 1983 Lynette Woodard 1982 Cindy Noble / LaTaunya Pollard 1981 Denise Curry 1980 Carol Blazejowski
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