​Ahead of the 2026-27 Iowa women’s basketball season, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced that third-year guard Dani Carnegie has been named to the 2027 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award preseason watch list.Carnegie is one of 20 players nationally selected for the preseason watch list and one of seven Big Ten representatives. The award recognizes the top shooting guard in NCAA Division I women’s basketball.Carnegie enters her first season with the Hawkeyes following a standout campaign at Georgia, where she earned unanimous first-team All-SEC honors. A native of Mount Vernon, N.Y., Carnegie started all 32 games for the Bulldogs in 2025-26, averaging 17.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per contest on 42.7% field goal shooting and 35.4% 3-point shooting.Dani Dimes for Shooting Guard of the Year 🏀@DaniTofye x #Hawkeyespic.twitter.com/azB03nyJ3Y— Iowa Women’s Basketball (@IowaWBB) October 27, 2026Prior to Georgia, Carnegie spent her first collegiate season at Georgia Tech, where she was named the 2025 ACC Sixth Player of the Year and earned All-ACC Freshman Team honors. With the Yellow Jackets, she averaged 12.9 points per game, made 66 3-pointers, and was a five-time ACC Rookie of the Week selection. Carnegie played alongside Chit-Chat Wright and was coached by Iowa assistant Lasondra Barrett during her time at Georgia Tech.Carnegie also helped the United States win gold at the 2026 FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup in Wuhan, China, in September.Fan voting begins Friday, Oct. 30. The 20-player watch list will be narrowed to 10 candidates in February before five finalists are announced in March.Carnegie scored a game-high 30 points in Iowa’s 124-67 exhibition win over Maryville on Thursday night. Iowa opens its regular season on Monday, Nov. 2 against Towson at 7 p.m. CT. The game will stream on B1G+.Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNewsThis article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa women’s basketball guard named to Ann Meyers Drysdale watch list