Kymora Johnson Named to Wooden Award Top 50 Preseason Watchlist
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award, presented by Principal, announced today (Nov. 18) its 2025-26 Women’s Preseason Watchlist. Virginia point guard Kymora Johnson was named on the list of 50 players.
Selected by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list comprises 50 student-athletes who are frontrunners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball: the Wooden Award All-American TeamTM and the Wooden Award© Most Outstanding Player.
Johnson is coming off a sophomore season in which she earned All-ACC first team honors as well as a WBCA All-America honorable mention. Last season, she led the Cavaliers in scoring averaging 17.9 points per game and reached a pair of major statistical milestones along the way. She recorded the first triple-double of her career (20 pts, 11 reb, 11 ast) at Pitt, joining Dawn Staley as the only Cavaliers to accomplish the feat and marking just the third triple-double in program history. Later in the season, she became the 37th member of UVA’s 1,000-point club after a 33-point performance in a win over Stanford.
Johnson led the ACC averaging 6.5 assists in league games last season. She also led the league in free throw percentage (91.4) and ranked sixth in steals per game (2.17) in ACC play.
Johnson has also been named to the Naismith Player of the Year Watchlist, the Nancy Leiberman Award Preseason Watchlist, and the Preseason All-ACC Team.
John R. Wooden Award 2025-26 Women’s Top 50 Watchlist
| Full Name | School | Class | Pos. | Ht. |
| Janiah Barker | Tennessee | Senior | F | 6-4 |
| Jasmine Bascoe | Villanova | Sophomore | G | 5-7 |
| Raegan Beers | Oklahoma | Senior | C | 6-4 |
| Lauren Betts | UCLA | Senior | C | 6-7 |
| Sienna Betts | UCLA | Freshman | F | 6-4 |
| Mikayla Blakes | Vanderbilt | Sophomore | G | 5-8 |
| Madison Booker | Texas | Junior | F | 6-1 |
| Zoe Brooks | NC State | Junior | G | 5-10 |
| Addy Brown | Iowa State | Junior | F | 6-2 |
| Jaloni Cambridge | Ohio State | Sophomore | G | 5-7 |
| Aaliyah Chavez | Oklahoma | Freshman | G | 5-10 |
| Talaysia Cooper | Tennessee | Redshirt JR | G | 6-0 |
| Audi Crooks | Iowa State | Junior | C | 6-3 |
| Jasmine “Jazzy” Davidson | USC | Freshman | G | 6-1 |
| Addie Deal | Iowa | Freshman | G | 6-1 |
| Joyce Edwards | South Carolina | Sophomore | F | 6-3 |
| Toby Fournier | Duke | Sophomore | F | 6-2 |
| Azzi Fudd | UConn | Grad student | G | 5-11 |
| MiLaysia Fulwiley | LSU | Junior | G | 5-10 |
| Rori Harmon | Texas | Grad student | G | 5-6 |
| Kayleigh Heckel | Uconn | sophomore | G | 5-9 |
| Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame | Junior | G | 5-6 |
| Ashlon Jackson | Duke | Senior | G | 6-0 |
| Flau’jae Johnson | LSU | Senior | G | 5-10 |
| Kymora Johnson | Virginia | Junior | G | 5-7 |
| Raven Johnson | South Carolina | Senior | G | 5-9 |
| Reniya Kelly | North Carolina | Junior | G | 5-7 |
| Chloe Kitts | South Carolina | Senior | F | 6-2 |
| Gianna Kneepkens | UCLA | Grad student | G | 6-0 |
| Grace Knox | LSU | Freshman | F | 6-2 |
| Kate Koval | LSU | Sophomore | F | 6-5 |
| Ta’Niya Latson | South Carolina | Senior | G | 5-8 |
| Darianna Littlepage-Buggs | Baylor | Senior | G/F | 6-1 |
| Agot Makeer | South Carolina | Freshman | G | 6-1 |
| Cotie McMahon | Ole Miss | Senior | F | 6-0 |
| Olivia Miles | TCU | Grad student | G | 5-10 |
| S’Mya Nicholls | Kansas | Junior | G | 6-0 |
| Olivia Olson | Michigan | Sophomore | G | 6-1 |
| Khamil Pierre | NC State | Junior | F | 6-2 |
| Gal Raviv | Miami | Sophomore | G | 5-9 |
| Kiki Rice | UCLA | Senior | G | 5-11 |
| Zee Spearman | Tennessee | Senior | F | 6-4 |
| Sarah Strong | Uconn | Sophomore | F | 6-2 |
| Madison St. Rose | Princeton | Senior | G | 5-10 |
| Hannah Stuelke | Iowa | Senior | F | 6-2 |
| Syla Swords | Michigan | Sophomore | G | 6-0 |
| Mikaylah Williams | LSU | Junior | G | 6-0 |
| Serah Williams | UConn | Senior | F | 6-4 |
| Payton Verhulst | Oklahoma | Redshirt senior | G | 6-1 |
| Laura Ziegler | Louisville | Senior | F | 6-2 |