TITLE: the official title is the 2008 Cellular South Gillom Trophy.

PURPOSE:  to impartially select Mississippi's top college women’s basketball player for the season.

ELIGIBILITY: all players at all of Mississippi's four-year college basketball programs are eligible regardless of school size, team record, position played or class standing.

VOTERS:  Media representatives from across Mississippi affiliated with radio, television and print outlets in small, medium and large markets determine the Cellular South Gillom Trophy recipient; all players are eligible on the first ballot with only the top vote-getters listed in a second and final ballot. Voters will rank the three players on their first round ballots with the top player  receiving 3 points, #2  receiving two points and #3 1 point.

VOTING CRITERIA:  voters should evaluate a players’ entire regular and post- season performance but should not consider post-season honors or professional potential.

NAME:  the Cellular South Gillom Trophy is named after Peggie Gillom, a 1998 inductee in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame who was a record-setting player at Ole Miss who still holds 10 game, season or career records at the university. The Abbeville, MS native went on to serve as an assistant coach at the college, Olympic and professional levels as well as five years as head coach at Texas A&M. She is still actively coaching today and is a board member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

THE TROPHY: sculpted by Dr. Kim Sessums from Brookhaven, MS; the Cellular South Gillom Trophy is a lost-wax bronze casting of an original clay sculpture by Dr. Sessums. The original Cellular South Gillom Trophy will be on permanent display at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum; an exact replica of the trophy is presented to the winner each year at the announcement dinner.

HISTORY: The inaugural Cellular South Gillom Trophy presentation will take place in 2008. The current sponsorship agreement between the Museum and Cellular South extends through the 2010 presentation.

The Gillom Trophy in women’s college basketball, the Howell Trophy in men’s college basketball, the Conerly Trophy in college football and the Ferriss Trophy in college baseball constitute the four elements of the Cellular South Outstanding Player Awards Series.

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