Reigning Naismith College Player of the Year Caitlin Clark is among the 30 players still in the hunt for the annual honor.

The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Tuesday its midseason team, which also functions as a list of the Naismith semifinalists. The group will be whittled down to four finalists before a winner is named in March.

Naismith Women's Midseason Team

• Georgia Amoore, G, Virginia Tech 
• Raegan Beers, F, Oregon State 
• Lauren Betts, C, UCLA 
• Madison Booker, F, Texas 
• Cameron Brink, F, Stanford 
• Paige Bueckers, G, UConn 
• Kamilla Cardoso, C, South Carolina 
• Caitlin Clark, G, Iowa 
• Aaliyah Edwards, F, UConn 
• Yvonne Ejim, F, Gonzaga 
• Dyaisha Fair. G, Syracuse 
• Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame 
• Mackenzie Holmes, F, Indiana 
• Abbey Hsu, G, Columbia 
• Kiki Iriafen, F, Stanford 
• Rickea Jackson, F, Tennessee 
• Elizabeth Kitley, C, Virginia Tech 
• Ta'Niya Latson, G, Florida State 
• Ayoka Lee, C, Kansas State 
• Cotie McMahon, F, Ohio State 
• Aneesah Morrow, G, LSU 
• Charisma Osborne, G, UCLA 
• Te-Hina Paopao, G, South Carolina 
• Alissa Pili, F, Utah 
• Angel Reese, F, LSU 
• Kiki Rice, G, UCLA 
• Saniya Rivers, G, NC State 
• Jacy Sheldon, G, Ohio State 
• Jaylyn Sherrod, G, Colorado 
• JuJu Watkins, G, USC

With South Carolina star Aliyah Boston moving on to the WNBA, Clark entered 2023-24 as the clear favorite for every major award. The senior guard hasn't disappointed. She leads Division I in both scoring (32.1) and assists (8.3) while shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 39.3 percent from beyond the arc.

With Monika Czinano and McKenna Warnock gone from last year's national runner-up team, Clark has had to shoulder a heavier burden than ever. Her 40.2 percent usage rate is a career high, per Her Hoop Stats.

Even with Sunday's loss to Nebraska, the Hawkeyes are No. 4 in the country at 22-3 with a path to claiming a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Between that and her individual production, Clark boasts a résumé that's tough to beat.

UConn star Paige Bueckers hasn't missed a beat since returning from the torn ACL that wiped out her 2022-23 campaign. Through 24 games, she's averaging 20.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.2 steals. Per Her Hoop Stats, the 6'0" guard ranks in the 100th percentile in points per play (1.18) and in the 98th percentile in effective field-goal percentage (60.9).

South Carolina, which is the lone unbeaten team at 23-0, lacks a true standout star like it had with Boston, the Naismith winner in 2022.

Kamilla Cardoso's impact on defense is undeniable as she's averaging 9.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks. Te-Hina Paopao, meanwhile, has made a seamless transition to the Gamecocks with 12.0 points and 3.8 assists per game. In the case of both, their production has been vital to the team but doesn't jump off the page in a Player of the Year context.

The same can be said for the Ohio State tandem of Cotie McMahon and Jacy Sheldon. McMahon is filling up the stat sheet with 14.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Sheldon is the Buckeyes' leading scorer (17.7 points) while helping to anchor OSU's suffocating defense.

Perhaps the biggest question in the Naismith race is whether one or both of USC's JuJu Watkins and Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo make the final cut. The two freshmen sit second (27.7 points) and third (25.1 points) nationally in scoring.

Watkins dropped a school-record 51 points in the Trojans' 67-58 upset of No. 4 Stanford on Feb. 2. She's already gracing magazine covers, a symbol of how quickly her star has risen.

Not to be outdone, Hidalgo has already set a Fighting Irish single-season record for steals with 118 and counting. She's the only player in the country averaging five-plus swipes per game.

Clark will be tough to dethrone, though Watkins and Hidalgo's time will come. They're poised to wage an entertaining head-to-head battle for the top individual prizes for the next few years.