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UNIVERSITY PARK -- For the second year in a row, Penn State women's basketball player Makenna Marisa was selected to the Preseason Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List.
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced 20 candidates for the honor on Monday.
The award recognizes the top point guard in NCAA Division I women's basketball. A national committee comprised of the top college basketball personnel selects this group of 20 female athletes. To be considered, candidates must exhibit the leadership, play making and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Fame inductee Nancy Lieberman according to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Along with this preseason nod, Marisa has also been tabbed to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team earlier this month. The fifth-year leader surpassed a milestone no other Lady Lion has achieved in program history during the 2022-23 season. She exceeded 1,750 career points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists and 175 three-pointers. With these statistics, Marisa moved into the third-spot all-time at Penn State in career 230-point games with seven and fifth in career three-point field goals with 187.
She averaged 17.5 points per game and led the team in scoring, assists, field goals made, free throws made and free throw percentage.