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Nebraska Women's Basketball's Alexis Markowski Named to Naismith Trophy Watch List

Now a senior, Markowski has now been named to the prestigious player-of-the-year watch list three times.

Kaleb Henry

Nebraska basketball forward Alexis Markowski (40) grabs the ball against Doane.
Nebraska basketball forward Alexis Markowski (40) grabs the ball against Doane. / Nebraska Athletics
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Just a week before the season begins, Nebraska basketball senior Alexis Markowski continues to garner much-deserved attention.

The Lincoln native has been named to the watch list for the Naismith College Women's Basketball Player of the Year award. This is the third time Markowski has been named to the list in her career.

Markowski is a three-time All-Big Ten selection who earned first-team all-conference honors a year ago. She averaged team bests of 15.7 points and 10.5 rebounds per game to help Nebraska advance to the NCAA Tournament second round last season after a run to the Big Ten Championship Game.

A graduate of Lincoln Pius X, Markowski enters her senior season for the Huskers with a share of the school record of 40 double-doubles with former Nebraska first-team All-Americans Kelsey Griffin (2006-10) and Jordan Hooper (2011-14). She owns 1,363 career points and is closing in on 1,000 career rebounds (956).

In her first season as a Husker, Markowski was the 2022 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

In the preseason exhibition against Doane on Sunday, Markowski had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds. The preseason No. 23 Huskers will open the season on Nov. 4. Nebraska and Omaha will tip off at noon CST.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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