Los Angeles - The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its John R. Wooden Award Women’s Preseason Top 30 today, which is comprised of 30 student-athletes who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early front-runners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor. The list is chosen by a preseason poll of national college women’s basketball media members.
Transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts are not eligible for the Preseason Top 30. These players and others who excel throughout the season will be evaluated and considered for January’s midseason list and the official voting ballot released in March. The National Ballot consists of 20 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA. The Wooden Award All American Team, consisting of the nation’s top five players, will be announced the week of the Final Four.
The 37th annual Wooden Award ceremony will honor the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners the weekend of April 5-7, 2013. It will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams and will recognize the Legends of Coaching Award recipient Bill Self of Kansas.
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award is the most prestigious individual honor in college basketball. It is bestowed upon the nation’s best player at an institution of higher education who has proven to his or her university that he or she is making progress toward graduation and maintaining a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA. Previous winners include such notables as Larry Bird (’79), Michael Jordan (’84), Tim Duncan (’97), Candace Parker (’07 and ’08) and Maya Moore of Connecticut (’09 and ‘11).
2012-13 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 List, Women
Name Height Class Position University
Alex Bentley 5-7 Sr. G Penn State
Carolyn Davis 6-3 Sr. F Kansas
Elena Delle Donne 6-5 Sr. G/F Delaware
Skylar Diggins 5-9 Sr. G Notre Dame
Jasmine Dixon 6-0 Sr. F UCLA
Stefanie Dolson 6-5 Jr. C Connecticut
Shante Evans 6-0 Sr. F Hofstra
Christina Foggie 5-9 Jr. G Vanderbilt
Chassidy Fussell 5-10 Jr. G Texas
Angel Goodrich 5-4 Sr. G Kansas
Chelsea Gray 5-11 Jr. G Duke
Brittney Griner 6-8 Sr. P Baylor
Bria Hartley 5-7 Jr. G Connecticut
Tayler Hill 5-10 Sr. G Ohio State
Jordan Hooper 6-2 Jr. F Nebraska
Natasha Howard 6-3 Jr. F Florida State
Maggie Lucas 5-9 Jr. G Penn State
Tyaunna Marshall 5-9 Jr. G Georgia Tech
Anna Martin 5-9 Sr. G DePaul
A’dia Mathies 5-9 Sr. G Kentucky
Laurin Mincy 6-0 Jr. G Maryland
Lindsey Moore 5-9 Sr. G Nebraska
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 6-0 So. F Connecticut
Chiney Ogwumike 6-3 Jr. F Stanford
Niveen Rasheed 6-0 Sr. F Princeton
Sugar Rodgers 5-11 Sr. G Georgetown
Shoni Schimmel 5-9 Jr. G Louisville
Odyssey Sims 5-9 Jr. G Baylor
Alyssa Thomas 6-2 Jr. F Maryland
Elizabeth Williams 6-3 So. C Duke