K-State Athletics
MANHATTAN — K-State senior guard Gabby Gregory
continues to add to her trophy case this season, as she has been named
to the Dawn Staley Award Later Season Watch List by The Phoenix Club of
Philadelphia. Gregory is the first Wildcat to be named to the Staley
Award Watch List.
In 2013, the Phoenix Club of Philadelphia established the Dawn Staley
Award to recognize the nation's best guard in Women's Division I college
basketball, tying one of the most accomplished women's basketball
players in the world from the Philadelphia public league to the nation's
best guard in women's college basketball.
The Dawn Staley Award is given annually to a player who exemplifies the
skills that Dawn possessed throughout her career; ball handling,
scoring, her ability to distribute the basketball and her will to win.
Gregory, in her first season with the Wildcats, has established new
career season-highs in a number of statistical categories including:
points, field goals made, 3-point field goals made and steals. With her
career-highs in points (472), free throws made (124) and 3-point field
goals made (60), Gregory is one of three players in the nation with 450
or more points, 100 or more free throws and 60 or more 3-point field
goals made this season.
The 2023 All-Big 12 candidate ranks second in the Big 12 in scoring
average (19.7 ppg) and free throw percentage (.861), fifth in 3-point
field goals per game (2.50) and 3-point field goal percentage (.319),
seventh in field goal percentage (.407), eighth in minutes played per
game (33.26) and 17th in rebounds per game (5.17).
Gregory, a candidate for the 2023 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, is the only
player in the nation currently averaging 19 or more points, 5 or more
rebounds, 2 or more assists and shooting 85 percent or better from the
free throw line.
A product of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gregory is pacing the Big 12 in games with
20 or more points (15) and is tied for the league-lead for games with
30 or more points (2).
K-State completes a two-game home stand, as the Wildcats host Baylor on
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday's game is K-State's annual Play 4Kay
game. The first 1,200 fans will receive a free pink K-State trucker hat.
For tickets, call (800) 221-CATS or visit kstatesports.com/tickets.
Wednesday's game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ and can be heard on the K-State Sports Network.