HOPEWELL, N.J. – Missouri State’s Kaemyn Bekemeier has been selected to the 2027 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Preseason Watch List, announced Wednesday by Her Hoop Stats.

Bekemeier, a 2025-26 First Team All-Conference member, led the Lady Bears averaging 17.4 points and 8.2 rebounds per game last season. At the CUSA Tournament, Bekemeier earned Tournament MVP honors after averaging 17.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game to lead Mo State to its 18th NCAA Tournament appearance.  She was the only player in the league to score 600 plus points and ranked inside the top 10 in CUSA in points per game (2nd), free throw percentage (2nd), defensive rebounds per game (3rd), rebounds per game (4th), minutes per game (4th) and field goal percentage (6th).

The 15-player midseason watch list will be announced in January, followed by 10 semifinalists announced in February. The five finalists will be announced in early March, with the winner announced around the Final Four. The list is fluid, and players may play their way on or off it over the course of the season.

About Becky Hammon
Hammon was a three-time All-American at Colorado State and led the Rams to the Sweet 16 in 1999. She signed with the New York Liberty in 1999 and was traded to San Antonio in 2007, where she played the rest of her WNBA career. Hammon retired in 2014 as a six-time All-Star and a two-time All-WNBA First Team honoree. In 2016, she was named one of the top 20 players in WNBA history and was named to the W25 in 2021.
 
Hammon became the first woman to serve as a full-time NBA assistant coach when she joined the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. She later became the first woman to serve as head coach in NBA Summer League and the first woman to be part of an NBA All-Star coaching staff. Hammon is the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces and has won the 2022, 2023 and 2025 WNBA Championships.

About Her Hoop Stats
Her Hoop Stats was founded in 2017 to unlock better insight about women's basketball at all levels. We began as a statistics site focused on providing consistent, reliable, and easy-to-access data about women's basketball for both mobile and desktop environments. Her Hoop Stats has expanded to become a leading independent voice in the women's game, providing content through our newsletter, podcast network, YouTube channel, and social media accounts (Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram).