Toliver Among Candidates for Lieberman Award
2/20/2007 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 20, 2007
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Only a sophomore, Kristi Toliver was named one of the final 11 nominees for the eighth-annual Nancy Lieberman Award, presented to the top Division I point guard in the country. The criterion for the award is the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills that personified Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.
Sportswriters from across the country determined the final nominee list. The same panel will select the three finalists from the list and the winner in March 2007. The announcements of the finalists and winner will be made during the Women's Final Four Weekend, April 1-3.
Kristi Toliver (Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg) is averaging 4.7 assists per game and a 1.86 assist-to-turnover ratio, which both rank third in the ACC. The Terps, who are ranked sixth in this week's Associated Press poll and have been in the top 10 all season, are also ranked third in the country at 18.6 apg.
Toliver has also been impressive on the shooting end. She boasts the second-best three-point shooting percentage in the nation and leads the ACC at 48.1 percent. She can also be found among the top 25 scorers (11.7 ppg) and top 15 shooters (48.8 percent) in the league.
Toliver is the second point guard under head coach Brenda Frese to be selected a final nominee for the Lieberman Award. Then-senior Anesia Smith (Alexandria, Va./Hayfield) was among the top 11 in 2005 after averaging 6.7 assists per game.
The list of the 2007 nominees includes Kimberly Beck from George Washington, Dee Davis from Vanderbilt, Lindsey Harding from Duke, Cameo Hicks from Washington, JJ Hones from Stanford, Ivory Latta from North Carolina, Lyndsey Medders from Iowa State, Renee Montgomery from Connecticut, Mandy Morales from Montana and Rudy Sims from Arkansas State.
For more information on the award, visit the official web site at www.pointguard.org.
Maryland is back on the court on Sunday, Feb. 25 at Boston College to close out the regular season. The game will be televised on the ACC's Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet - Baltimore/Washington area; Fox Sports South; Sun Sports).
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