Detroit's Senee Shearer Named To 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List

Numbers are one thing, but recognition among the greats of college basketball is another as senior Senee Shearer was named to the 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The award recognizes the top point guard in women's NCAA Division I college basketball. Candidates exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman.

Shearer – who is just four points shy of 1,000 for her career - will be joined by 28 other players on the initial watch list, which includes the likes of Odyssey Sims of Baylor, Bria Hartley of Connecticut, Duke's Chelsea Gray, Amber Orrange of Stanford and Tennessee's Ariel Massengale. She is also the only player from the Horizon League as well as from a school in Michigan on the list.

Shearer has had a dominant year offensively as she currently leads the Horizon League and is 27th in the nation in scoring at 20.9 points per game.  She has totaled 334 points on the season, second in the conference and 15th in the country, while her 3.38 three-point field goals per game leads the HL and is fifth in Division I.

She has posted 11 20-point outings this season, including a career high of 29 at Western Michigan and against Oakland, and set a school record with eight-straight games of 20 or more during the season.

The Hall of Fame appointed a premier Selection Committee made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers to review the candidates. The list will be narrowed down to a final 20 in February, then final five by March.

The Lieberman Award winner will be announced during Final Four weekend activities.

Previous winners of the Nancy Lieberman Award include last year's recipient Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Sue Bird (Connecticut), Renee Montgomery (Connecticut), Diana Taurasi (Connecticut), Lindsey Harding (Duke), Courtney Vandersloot (Gonzaga), Temeka Johnson (LSU), Kristi Toliver (Maryland), Ivory Latta (North Carolina), andAndrea Riley (Oklahoma State).

Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Basketball, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame promotes and preserves the game of basketball at every level – professional, collegiate, men and women.

Shearer and the Titans will be back in action tomorrow, Jan. 16, as UDM faces UIC at historic Calihan Hall, with game time slated for 7:00 p.m., on Dick Vitale Court.

(Release courtesy of P.J. Gradowski, UDM Athletics)