Courtesy of  Fresno State Athletics –

HOPEWELL, N.J. — Fresno State’s Mia Jacobs was selected as one of the 15-players to the mid season watch list for the 2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats on Wednesday morning. The Becky Hammon Award was first given out in 2020, with South Dakota’s Ciara Duffy being named the inaugural winner. Gonzaga’s Yvonne Ejim won the most recent award in 2024.

This year’s mid season list includes representatives from 15 teams and 10 conferences. Five conferences – the A-10, MEAC, Mountain West, Missouri Valley and Summit League – placed two players on the watch list.

JACOBS BREAKDOWN 

  • Selected to All-MW Honorable Mention (2023-24), Preseason All-MW (2024-25)
  • Earned three MW Player of the Week Honors in her career, once in 2023-24 and twice this season (Nov. 18, Jan. 13)
  • Earned 1,000 career points, currently sitting at 1,047 through 79 D1 games
  • As of Jan. 15 in the national rankings, Jacobs is tied for second with 11 double-doubles
  • Mia Jacobs is one of three DI players that ranks in the top two of their conference in points (18.7), rebounds (9.8) and steals per game (2.41) this season.
  • If she maintains that throughout the season, she would become one of two MW players to do so, joining UNLV’s Linda Frohlich (1999-00).
  • Mia Jacobs became the second MW player to record a 30-point double-double in consecutive games, joining Colorado State’s McKenna Hofschild (2023-24); the last DI player to do this was Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.
  • Jacobs leads the conference in double-doubles (11), free throw attempts (110), free throws (95), scoring (318 pts), points per game (18.7), rebounds (166), defensive rebounds (124) and rebounds per game (9.76) this season
  • Her back-to-back 30 point games is a conference individual single-game high
  • Joined Fresno State women’s basketball program history at No. 10 with 16 career double-doubles and ties at tenth with 11 double-doubles in a single season
  • Mia Jacobs recorded a double-double in the first three of her games this season. The only MW players with longer double-double streaks to begin a season were UNLV’s Sherry McCracklin (six in 2003-04) and Katie Powell (four in 2017-18).
  • Was the first player in MW history with at least 60 points, 30 rebounds and 10 steals through her first three games of a season and the first D-I player to do so since UNC Greensboro’s Nadine Soliman in 2018-19.
  • In Fresno State’s win over Tennessee-Martin, Mia Jacobs became the only DI player over the last 25 seasons to have a game with the following stat-line: 14-plus rebounds, 12-plus free throws made, 5-plus steals and 3-plus 3-pointers made.
  • In 2023, set two single-season class records as a sophomore in scoring with 449 points (8th) and in rebounds with 223 (8th)

2025 Watch List 
Ally Becki, Ball St., Sr., G
Emma Ronsiek, Colorado St., Gr., F
Laila Lawrence, Coppin St., Sr., F
Katie Dinnebier, Drake, Sr., G
Megan McConnell, Duquesne, Sr., G
Mia Jacobs, Fresno St., Jr., F
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga, 5th, F
Harmoni Turner, Harvard, Sr., G
Diamond Johnson, Norfolk St., Gr., G
Laura Ziegler, Saint Joseph’s, Jr., F
Grace Larkins, South Dakota, Sr., G
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota St., Jr., F
Kayla Cooper, UAlbany, Gr., F
Maya McDermott, UNI, Sr., G
Jordyn Jenkins, UTSA, R-Sr., F

Award Eligibility & Schedule 
To be eligible for this award, players must compete in one of the 26 conferences deemed to be “mid-major.” The following conferences are considered high-major for the purposes of this award and thus ineligible: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, and SEC. Additionally, players from Oregon State and Washington State are ineligible this year as membership in the Pac-12 Conference evolves.

The 25-player preseason watch list was announced in October, and 10 semifinalists will be announced in February. The five finalists will be announced in early March, with the winner announced around the Final Four. The list is fluid, and players may play their way on or off it over the course of the season.

About Becky Hammon 
Hammon was a three-time All-American at Colorado State and led the Rams to the Sweet 16 in 1999, the program’s only appearance to date. She was signed by the New York Liberty in 1999 and traded to the San Antonio Stars in 2007, where she played the rest of her career. Hammon retired in 2014 as a six-time All-Star and a two-time All-WNBA First Team honoree. In 2016 she was named one of the top 20 players in WNBA history and was recently named to the W25.

Hammon became the second female coach in NBA history when she began coaching for the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. Additionally, Hammon is the only woman to be a head coach in the NBA Summer League and the only woman to be a member of an NBA All-Star coaching staff. Currently, Hammon is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces and won the 2022 and 2023 WNBA Championships.

Notable 

  • Mia Jacobs is the second Fresno State women’s basketball player to be named to the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List (Haley Cavinder, 2022)
  • Jacobs is one of two Mountain West Players to appear on the midseason watch list, Emma Ronsiek (Colorado State)