FSU sports information:
Florida State junior Ta’Niya Latson was named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year watch list on Tuesday. The accolade is a part of the Naismith Starting 5 awards.
Latson was among the 20 players named to the preseason watch list and one of four from the ACC. She was also included on the list last season.
On Monday the Miami, native, was among the 50 players on the watch list for the Naismith Player of the Year, along with Makayla Timpson. Latson was also ranked No. 14 on the World Exposure Report Players to Watch this season and was selected for the Preseason All-ACC Team for the second time in her career.
Latson enters her junior season with 1,354 career points, averaging 21.3 per game. She also has 101 steals, 279 rebounds over 64 games played.
A two-time WBCA All-American honorable mention and two-time All-ACC First Team selection, the 2023 National Freshman of the Year ranks 16th in Florida State history in points scored and tied as the fastest player to surpass the 1,000-point barrier.
Latson has scored at least 34 points in five career games, the most of any Seminole in program history.
The list will be cut to 10 players in January of 2025 and the final five will be announced in March.
Meyers, the namesake of the award, was the first high school player to make the United States national team and the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship to UCLA. A supremely talented all-around player with natural basketball ability and instincts, Meyers was the first player, male or female, named to the All-America team in four straight seasons. She also played on the first women's Olympic team in 1976. After an All-America career, she became the first woman player drafted into the Women's Basketball League and made history by becoming the first female player to try out with an NBA team, the Indiana Pacers. Meyers pushed the envelope in women's basketball, bringing a feel and sense for the game that few players ever experience.
Regular season single game tickets are now on sale at the FSU Ticket office. The No. 19/19 Seminoles will open the season at 11 a.m. on Nov. 4 against North Florida following an exhibition game against West Florida on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
