Amid the healthiest season of her college career, UConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd is living up to the hype.
On Tuesday, Fudd was named to the midseason top 10 for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, given by the Basketball Hall of Fame to the best shooting guard in the country. Fudd was selected to the preseason watchlist for the award in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2024-25 but never made the shortlist in February, largely because injuries limited her impact.
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In 2025-26, Fudd has yet to miss a single game and is posting career highs in nearly every statistical category. The redshirt senior averages 17.1 points, three assists, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game, and she is on the verge of 50/40/90 shooting splits currently hitting 48.7% from the field, 44.1% from 3-point range and 97.1% at the free throw line. Her 3-point percentage ranks 14th nationally, and she has more makes (152) than anyone else in the top 15.
Against elite competition, Fudd’s numbers are even better. She is averaging 24.4 points per game shooting 50% from the field and 46.8% from beyond the arc in matchups with top-25 opponents. She dropped 27 points to lead the team in a 30-point win over rival Tennessee on Sunday, also knocking down five 3-pointers to move to No. 10 in UConn’s record book for career 3-point field goals.
Fudd was also named to the 25-player midseason watchlist for the Wooden Award in January alongside UConn teammate Sarah Strong.
USC superstar JuJu Watkins won the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award the past two seasons, but she is not competing in 2025-26 after suffering an ACL tear during the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Three of the other four finalists for the award last year are back on the 2026 midseason top 10: Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes, LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson and South Carolina’s Ta’Niya Latson.
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Fudd would be the second UConn player to win the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award after Christyn Williams earned the honor in 2022. Former Huskies star Paige Bueckers, who won the 2025 Nancy Lieberman Award for the nation’s best point guard, was a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale in 2023-24.
Ann Meyers Drysdale midseason top 10
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Azzi Fudd, UConn
Delaney Gibb, BYU
Flau’jae Johnson, LSU
Gianna Kneepkens, UCLA
Ta’Niya Latson, South Carolina
Tajianna Roberts, Louisville
Taliah Scott, Baylor
Syla Swords, Michigan
Rachel Ullstrom, Richmond
