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JuJu making history, nothing new here. 😉⁣ •⁣ USC star JuJu Watkins the sensational sophomore who led Southern California to its best season in nearly 40 years, was named The Associated Press women’s college basketball Player of the Year. 🤯⁣ •⁣ Watkins became just the fourth player to win the award in her sophomore year, joining Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris (2007) and UConn stars Maya Moore (2009) and Breanna Stewart (2014). The AP first started giving out the award in 1995 and Watkins is the first Trojans player to win it. 🤩⁣ •⁣ Watkins received 29 votes from the 31-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week. 🔥⁣ •⁣ “She makes a lot of things that aren’t easy look easy,” said USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb. “It’s one thing to say she’s a generational talent, but another to actually do it and put yourself up with names like Stewie, Maya and Courtney Paris.” 🤝⁣ •⁣ She is already in the top 10 on USC’s all-time scoring list, ranking sixth in just two years. She was ave...

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