Tsineke named to Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award watch list
USF women’s basketball’s Elena Tsineke has been named to the 2022 Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award watch list. The award is given out annually to the best shooting guard in women’s college basketball.
Tsineke, a sophomore from Thessaloniki, Greece, is one of 20 players in the nation on the list. Other standouts to make the list include UConn’s Azzi Fudd and Christyn Williams, Zia Cooke of South Carolina, Lexie Hull of Stanford and Charlisse Leger-Walker of Washington State.
Past winners of the award include Ashley Owusu, Maryland (2021); Aari McDonald, Arizona (2020); Asia Durr, Louisville (2019); and Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State (2018).
In Tsineke’s first year at USF in 2019, she was named the conference’s freshman of the year and was selected to the All-Freshman team.
In 2020, Tsineke was named to the AAC’s All-Conference First Team after leading the Bulls in scoring for the second consecutive season. She averaged 13.6 points per game, good for eighth in the conference, on 38% shooting from the field.
Tsineke was also a preseason choice to again make the conference’s first team along with teammates Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu and Bethy Mununga.
The Bulls will tip off their season Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at the Yuengling Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
More Stories
USF men’s basketball looks to capitalize on NIT ‘opportunity’
The War on I-4 seemingly came to an end for the foreseeable future after UCF moved the Big 12 last July. However, that changed when USF men’s basketball and UCF (17-15, 7-11 Big 12) were selected to face each other in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament on Tuesday. It marks the 49th […]
USF men’s basketball to play in the NIT after missing March Madness
USF men’s basketball was selected to play in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) after it was formally announced that it would not play in the NCAA tourney on Sunday. In the NIT’s first round, the War on I-4 will be reignited when UCF hosts the Bulls (24-7, 16-2 AAC) on Tuesday in Addition Financial Arena. […]
Can USF men’s basketball bring regular season dominance into conference tourney?
USF men’s basketball is unleashing dominance on the court. With electrifying performances, South Florida (23-5, 16-1 AAC) is gearing up for the American Athletic Conference Tournament. South Florida has clinched the AAC regular-season championship, which gives them the first seed in the tournament. The AAC Tournament takes place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. […]
USF men’s basketball closes out Tulane in final home game
Coming into his final home game at USF in front of a sold out Yuengling Center, senior guard Selton Miguel felt blessed to be in this position. “For me to play my last game at the Yuengling Center [in front of] the people that showed love since the beginning of the season, it was special,” […]
USF football ‘establishing a foundation’ heading into spring practice season
What a change a year can make. USF football kicked off their spring practice schedule Tuesday morning, ushering in the second installment of coach Alex Golesh’s tenure that witnessed one of the top turnarounds in college football last season. “A year ago there were no expectations,” Golesh said during a Tuesday press conference. “It felt […]
USF softball collects historic milestones in Villanova sweep
USF softball surpassed two historic milestones including its 1,500th program win in its doubleheader against Villanova on Monday night. In the Bulls’ second game (16-6) coach Ken Eriksen earned his 1100th career win against the Wildcats (8-11). The team became the winningest program in the American Athletic Conference, and Eriksen became the seventh active […]