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Ta'Niya Latson named to Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year watch list

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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.
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Football Seminole Sidelines: FSU recruiting news, who's visiting next

On Tuesday's edition of the Osceola's Seminole Sidelines, Patrick Burnham, Charles Fishbein and Nick Carlisle discuss FSU's 2025 class now that receiver C.J. Wiley has de-committed. Who is visiting this weekend and what's next for the Seminoles? The guys also discuss FSU at 1-7 and the final month of the regular season.

Thanks to Seminole Sidelines' sponsors: Alumni Hall and Mowrey Law Firm.

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Football Recruiting Kevin Wynn to visit South Carolina this weekend

It may not come as a surprise considering that the South Carolina coaching staff visited Wynn for his game last Friday, but Wynn will be visiting South Carolina this weekend for the Texas A&M game. This will be his fourth visit to a different program in the last month, as he has visited Georgia, USC, Texas, and now South Carolina.

Reported last week that he is feeling 'a little confused' and that he is likely taking as many visits as he can to make sure he made the right decision with his recruitment. It's a been a bit unpredictable when/if a decommitment may come (since it's seemed like constant pressure since around the Boston College game). I do think that Loftin will be the next to leave the class (possibly this weekend) with him setting a visit to Nebraska but I would not be surprised to see Wynn be close behind with him continuing to take visits elsewhere and him not showing back up for the first home game in a while trends negatively.

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