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ChrisWellbaum
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On Tuesday Aliyah Boston was named one of 15 players named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch list. Boston was a finalist for the Naismith Player and Defensive Player of the Year Awards last season, the only player on both lists, although she didn't win.
Also Tuesday, Incoming freshmen Talaysia Cooper and Ashlyn Watkins were both named McDonald's All Americans. They will become the 21st and 22nd McDonald's All Americans to play for South Carolina, all in the Staley Era (the girls McDonald' game started in 2002). Four (Kaela Davis, Destiny Littleton, Kamilla Cardoso, and Te'a Cooper signed elsewhere then transferred to South Carolina). Excluding Olivia Thompson, who was brought in as a walk-on, South Carolina has not added a non-McDonald's All-American to the roster since 2018 when it signed Elysa Wesolek and Victaria Saxton, who despite her lack of fast food credentials became a three-time captain and two year starter.
Also Tuesday, Incoming freshmen Talaysia Cooper and Ashlyn Watkins were both named McDonald's All Americans. They will become the 21st and 22nd McDonald's All Americans to play for South Carolina, all in the Staley Era (the girls McDonald' game started in 2002). Four (Kaela Davis, Destiny Littleton, Kamilla Cardoso, and Te'a Cooper signed elsewhere then transferred to South Carolina). Excluding Olivia Thompson, who was brought in as a walk-on, South Carolina has not added a non-McDonald's All-American to the roster since 2018 when it signed Elysa Wesolek and Victaria Saxton, who despite her lack of fast food credentials became a three-time captain and two year starter.
