INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) — Delaney Gibb was named to the Anne Meyers Drysdale Award preseason watch list, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced on Tuesday.
Gibb is one of seven Big 12 players named to the preseason National Player of the Year watch list by the USBWA. The BYU guard is joined on the list by Darianna Littlepage-Buggs of Baylor, Iowa State's Addy Brown and Audi Crooks, TCU's Olivia Miles, Oklahoma State's Stailee Heard and Jordan Harrison of West Virginia.
The Raymond, Alberta native was unanimously named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year by conference coaches after garnering the second-most Big 12 Freshman of the Week awards, as she was honored in 10 of the season's 16 weeks. Gibb was the leading scorer for BYU at 17.4 points per game in 2024-25, the third-highest scoring average in the country by a freshman. The 5-10 guard also ranked fifth among freshmen in field goal percentage (.453) and 3-point percentage (.395). She also notched the seventh-highest mark nationally among freshmen for assists per game with 4.1 per contest.
Following the season, Gibb made her debut for the Canadian Senior National Team at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Gibb averaged 9.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists en route to the bronze medal game, where she recorded the game-winning assist to Michigan guard Syla Swords, who joins her teammate on the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list.
Gibb and the Cougars open the season with a Wednesday night bout against Coastal Carolina. The game will tip at 7 p.m. MT at the Marriott Center, with the game will be streamed on ESPN+. Fans can also listen to the game on BYU Radio 107.9, byuradio.org and the BYU Radio App.
About the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is presented annually to the women's national player of the year by the USBWA. Named for the legendary UCLA guard, the award was first presented in the 1987-88 season and formally named in Meyers Drysdale's honor in the 2011-12 season. Ann Meyers Drysdale played at UCLA from 1974-78, which pre-dates the USBWA All-America selections. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the USBWA will name finalists for the award, which is voted on by the entire membership. The winner of the award will be announced at the 2026 Women's Final Four in Phoenix, with the formal presentation to follow at the annual USBWA Awards Luncheon hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis.