Monika Czinano

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa women’s basketball senior Monika Czinano has been named to the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Preseason Watch List, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday.

The list is comprised of 20 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the award named after the three-time All-American and 1994 National Player of the Year. The annual award, in its fifth year, recognizes the top centers in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.

Czinano finished last season leading the country in shooting percentage (66.8) and ranked second nationally to teammate Caitlin Clark in made baskets, draining 254-of-380 shots from the field.