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VanSlooten Named to Naismith Trophy Watch List
10/30/2025 6:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball senior forward Grace VanSlooten was named to the 2025-26 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List Presented by AXIA Time.
She was one of 50 players named to the watch list that honors the best players in the nation.
VanSlooten is one of 13 Big Ten players named to the watch list, including her team USA teammate Hannah Stuelke from Iowa. VanSlooten was also named to the Preseason All-Big Ten team earlier this month as well the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List.
In her first season with the Spartans, VanSlooten earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. She was first on the team in scoring, averaging 15.5 points per game. She scored a career-high 480 points her junior season. She was tied for 15th in the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 7.3 rebounds per game. In a win against, Vanderbilt at the Acrisure Classic on Nov. 27, she scored her 1,000th career point.
MSU opens the 2025-26 season the regular season hosting Mercyhurst on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
2025-26 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List
Nunu Agara, Stanford
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Zoe Brooks, NC State
Addy Brown, Iowa State
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Jazzy Davidson, USC
Maggie Doogan, Richmond
Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
Skylar Forbes, Marquette
Toby Fournier, Duke
Azzi Fudd, UConn
MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU
Yarden Garzon, Maryland
Delaney Gibb, BYU
Rori Harmon, Texas
Stailee Heard, Oklahoma State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Ashlon Jackson, Duke
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Kymora Johnson, Virginia
Reniya Kelly, North Carolina
Gianna Kneepkens, UCLA
Ta'Niya Latson, South Carolina
Charlisse Leger-Walker, UCLA
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor
Cotie McMahon, Ole Miss
Olivia Miles, TCU
S'Mya Nichols, Kansas
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Khamil Pierre, NC State
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Tajianna Roberts, Louisville
Kaylene Smikle, Maryland
Kennedy Smith, USC
Clara Strack, Kentucky
Sarah Strong, UConn
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
Syla Swords, Michigan
Grace VanSlooten, Michigan State
Payton Verhulst, Oklahoma
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Serah Williams, UConn
Laura Ziegler, Louisville
She was one of 50 players named to the watch list that honors the best players in the nation.
VanSlooten is one of 13 Big Ten players named to the watch list, including her team USA teammate Hannah Stuelke from Iowa. VanSlooten was also named to the Preseason All-Big Ten team earlier this month as well the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List.
In her first season with the Spartans, VanSlooten earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. She was first on the team in scoring, averaging 15.5 points per game. She scored a career-high 480 points her junior season. She was tied for 15th in the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 7.3 rebounds per game. In a win against, Vanderbilt at the Acrisure Classic on Nov. 27, she scored her 1,000th career point.
MSU opens the 2025-26 season the regular season hosting Mercyhurst on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
2025-26 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List
Nunu Agara, Stanford
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Zoe Brooks, NC State
Addy Brown, Iowa State
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma
Talaysia Cooper, Tennessee
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Jazzy Davidson, USC
Maggie Doogan, Richmond
Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
Skylar Forbes, Marquette
Toby Fournier, Duke
Azzi Fudd, UConn
MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU
Yarden Garzon, Maryland
Delaney Gibb, BYU
Rori Harmon, Texas
Stailee Heard, Oklahoma State
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Ashlon Jackson, Duke
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Kymora Johnson, Virginia
Reniya Kelly, North Carolina
Gianna Kneepkens, UCLA
Ta'Niya Latson, South Carolina
Charlisse Leger-Walker, UCLA
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor
Cotie McMahon, Ole Miss
Olivia Miles, TCU
S'Mya Nichols, Kansas
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Khamil Pierre, NC State
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Tajianna Roberts, Louisville
Kaylene Smikle, Maryland
Kennedy Smith, USC
Clara Strack, Kentucky
Sarah Strong, UConn
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
Syla Swords, Michigan
Grace VanSlooten, Michigan State
Payton Verhulst, Oklahoma
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Serah Williams, UConn
Laura Ziegler, Louisville
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