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Sarah Strong #21 and KK Arnold #2of the Connecticut Huskies are introduced before an Invesco QQQ Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase game against the Utah Utes at Mohegan Sun on November 23, 2025 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)
For the fifth time this season, UConn women's basketball sophomore forward Sarah Strong was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week, as announced by the
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UConn’s Sarah Strong, KK Arnold land on Naismith Defensive Player of the Year midseason watchlist
No UConn women’s basketball player has ever won Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, but the Huskies’ odds are good in 2026 with two players on the award’s midseason watchlist. Sophomore Sarah Strong and junior point guard KK Arnold were both selected to the 25-player list released Tuesday.