HOPEWELL, N.J. – Junior guard Katie Dinnebier represented Drake on the 2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award watch list announced this morning by Her Hoops Stats. Dinnebier is one of 25 mid-major stars from 13 different conferences named to the watch list.

The Waukee, Iowa native averaged nearly 12 points and six assists per contest last season while adding over three rebounds and just under two steals from the point guard position. According to Her Hoop Stats, she is just one of six players since the 2009-10 season to average at least 1.25 points per scoring attempt and a minimum assist-to-turnover ratio of at least 2.00, joining Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu and Paige Bueckers and Gabby Williams of UConn.

Dinnebier adds this preseason honor to a First Team Preseason All-MVC nod. This is her first appearance on the Becky Hammon Award watch list.

Drake has now had four representatives on any Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award watch list since the birth of the award, joining Grace Berg in 2022, and both Becca Hittner and Sara Rhine in 2020.

Two other MVC competitors are included on the watch list as Preseason All-MVC players Katelyn Young of Murray State and Maya McDermott of UNI were also earned recognized.