Raven Johnson on Lieberman Award Top 10

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina senior Raven Johnson earned a spot on the 2026 Nancy Lieberman Award Midseason Top 10, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in partnership with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today. It is her first career appearance on the midseason list for the award that recognizes the top point guard in the country.

Johnson has been the Gamecocks’ floor general throughout her career and with her on the court, South Carolina has a 128-7 record, three trips to the Final Four, including a national championship and a runner-up finish, three SEC regular-season titles and three SEC Tournament championships. Johnson is fifth in program history in career assists and owns three of the program’s top seven single-season assist-to-turnover ratios. This season, she is sixth in the SEC in assists per game (5.1) and fifth in the nation with a 3.5 assist-to-turnover ratio. Her stat stuffing includes a career-best 9.9 points per game on 51.4 percent field goal shooting. Those numbers rise to 12.1 points per game on 55.4 percent shooting against ranked opponents, and in SEC action she is second in the league at 54.8 percent shooting with 12.3 points per game.

In mid-March, the Midseason Top 10 list will be narrowed to just five, and in late-March, five finalists will be presented to Lieberman and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee, which will select the winner. The selection committees are composed of top women’s college basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers.

Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting in both of the remaining rounds starting on Fri., Feb. 6, at hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.

The winner of the 2026 Lieberman Award will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the four other members of the Women’s Starting Five. Additional Awards being presented include Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (Shooting Guard), Cheryl Miller Award (Small Forward), Katrina McClain Award (Power Forward) and Lisa Leslie Award (Center).

No. 3/3 South Carolina is in action tonight with an 8 p.m. ET tipoff at Texas A&M on ESPN2. The Gamecocks then play two home games this week, hosting Mississippi State on Thu., Feb. 5, and #15/15 Tennessee on Sun., Feb. 8.

Continue to check GamecocksOnline.com and the team’s social media accounts (@GamecockWBB) for more information on the program.

2026 Nancy Lieberman Award Midseason Top 10
Zoe Brooks, NC State
Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma
Rori Harmon, Texas
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Liv McGill, Florida
Olivia Miles, TCU
Tonie Morgan, Kentucky
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Kiki Rice, UCLA