SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — After being named to the All-ACC First Team on Tuesday evening, Notre Dame senior Sonia Citron has been named one of five finalists for the Cheryl Miller Award, which is given to the nation’s top small forward.
This season, Citron is posting 14.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. She has gotten even hotter as of late, averaging 18.2 points and 7 rebounds while shooting 60.6 percent from the floor and 48 percent from deep over the last six games. After breaking the program’s free throw percentage record last season, Citron is 59-66 this year (89.4 percent).
While the stat sheet may not always show it, Citron is widely regarded as one of the best defenders in the nation. She is consistently tasked with guarding an opponent’s best player and has helped lock down All-Americans Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins this season to give Notre Dame three AP Top 5 victories. Additionally, Citron is one of just four players in the ACC who ranks in the top 20 in the conference in both blocks and steals per game.
The wing is joined on the finalist list by LSU’s Mikaylah Williams, Texas’ Madison Booker, UConn’s Sarah Strong and Vanderbilt’s Khamil Pierre.