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Sherrod Named Pac-12 WBB Scholar-Athlete of the Year
March 04, 2024 | Women's Basketball, Herbst Academic Center
Becomes the first CU women's basketball player to earn the honor
BOULDER. – Colorado graduate point guard Jaylyn Sherrod has been named the 2024 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year the conference announced on Monday.
Sherrod will graduate this spring with her third degree from the University of Colorado. She graduated in three years with a 3.83 GPA and her bachelor's degree in Sociology. She completed her first master's last year in Organizational Leadership and is now pursuing her second master's in Criminal Justice. Sherrod is currently maintaining a 3.93 GPA this season and a combined 3.82 GPA in her two years of graduate studies.
The Birmingham, Ala., native, is a three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll honoree and a 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection. She was awarded the Byron R. White Leadership and Initiative Award in 2022, which is awarded annually to those student-athletes who have exhibited outstanding initiative and demonstrated a strong commitment to service to the CU and Boulder communities. Sherrod is also a three-time Dean's List, a nine-time AD's Honor Roll honoree and a 4.0 Club (2023) member.
On the court, Sherrod is averaging a career-high 12.8 points per game this season. She became just the third player in CU women's basketball history to have over 1,000 career points (1,417) and 600 assists (609). She scored a career-high 34 points in CU's win over then No. 12 Utah and handed out a career-high 13 assists against UT Arlington. This season she has earned multiple national Player of the Week honors and has been listed on various Player of the Year watch lists, including the Drysdale, Wooden and Naismith Awards.
Sherrod is the 10th Colorado student-athlete to earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and the first since Eliza Cahil (lacrosse) in 2021.
The Pac-12 Conference established the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards in 2007-08 to recognize its outstanding senior student-athletes. To be eligible the student-athlete must be in their final year of eligibility, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50% of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum of one year in residence at the institution.
Each Pac-12 institution nominates one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members after each sport's regular season. The athletic accomplishments of the nominees are considered in the voting for the award.
Sherrod will graduate this spring with her third degree from the University of Colorado. She graduated in three years with a 3.83 GPA and her bachelor's degree in Sociology. She completed her first master's last year in Organizational Leadership and is now pursuing her second master's in Criminal Justice. Sherrod is currently maintaining a 3.93 GPA this season and a combined 3.82 GPA in her two years of graduate studies.
The Birmingham, Ala., native, is a three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll honoree and a 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection. She was awarded the Byron R. White Leadership and Initiative Award in 2022, which is awarded annually to those student-athletes who have exhibited outstanding initiative and demonstrated a strong commitment to service to the CU and Boulder communities. Sherrod is also a three-time Dean's List, a nine-time AD's Honor Roll honoree and a 4.0 Club (2023) member.
On the court, Sherrod is averaging a career-high 12.8 points per game this season. She became just the third player in CU women's basketball history to have over 1,000 career points (1,417) and 600 assists (609). She scored a career-high 34 points in CU's win over then No. 12 Utah and handed out a career-high 13 assists against UT Arlington. This season she has earned multiple national Player of the Week honors and has been listed on various Player of the Year watch lists, including the Drysdale, Wooden and Naismith Awards.
Sherrod is the 10th Colorado student-athlete to earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and the first since Eliza Cahil (lacrosse) in 2021.
The Pac-12 Conference established the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards in 2007-08 to recognize its outstanding senior student-athletes. To be eligible the student-athlete must be in their final year of eligibility, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50% of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum of one year in residence at the institution.
Each Pac-12 institution nominates one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members after each sport's regular season. The athletic accomplishments of the nominees are considered in the voting for the award.
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