As the 2024-25 Iowa women’s basketball season swiftly approaches, Iowa senior guard Lucy Olsen and junior forward Hannah Stuelke are named to the 2024 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s Player of the Year watch list.
Olsen joined the Hawkeyes this offseason through the transfer portal after spending the previous three seasons with Villanova. During the 2023-24 campaign, she started all 35 games, averaging 23.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 36.2 minutes per contest.
Olsen also shot 43.8% from the field, 29.4% from three-point range, and 80.7% from the free throw line.
Her impressive play last season earned her a unanimous first-team All-BIG EAST selection, BIG EAST Most Improved player, and an honorable mention All-American honoree by both the WBCA and the Associated Press.
Stuelke enters her junior season with the Hawkeyes after a breakout 2023-24 campaign where she started 32 of 35 games and averaged 14.0 points and 6.6 rebounds. She shot 62.7% from the field and 62.9% from the free throw line.
Stuelke’s impressive play last season also earned her second team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media.
All eyes on the #Hawkeyes 🤩@StuelkeHannah & @LucyOlsenbball have been named to the @NaismithTrophy Watch List! pic.twitter.com/EbvwBB5tWL
— Iowa Women’s Basketball (@IowaWBB) October 28, 2024
Some of the other 48 players accompanying Olsen and Stuelke on the watch list include TCU guard Hailey Van Lith, USC guard JuJu Watkins, LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson, and UConn guard Paige Bueckers.
The Hawkeyes’ first act of the season will be an exhibition matchup on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m. CT against Missouri Western from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The matchup will stream on Big Ten Network Plus (BTN+).
Iowa’s regular season opener will be against Northern Illinois on Nov. 6 with a 6:30 p.m. CT start from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. That contest is also set to air on BTN+.
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