Women’s basketball junior Jonquel Jones is on the coveted Naismith Trophy preseason watch list, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.

Jones is averaging a double-double with 15.2 points and 10 rebounds per game this season. The Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team selection is also shooting 54.8 percent from the field.

The Naismith Trophy is awarded every year to the best player in both men’s and women’s college basketball. Jones is currently one of 50 preseason candidates.

The list will be narrowed down to 30 in February, then to 10 and finally to four finalists.

Jones is the first Colonial since Kimberly Beck in 2007-08 to be selected to the preseason watch list. The trophy has been awarded to women’s players since 1983.