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Williams Among Midseason Top 30 for Wooden Award
February 06, 2009 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville senior forward Terrence Williams has been selected as one of 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, presented to the nation's basketball player of the year by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Williams is one of 10 BIG EAST Conference players named to the midseason list, the most from any conference. Nine players have been selected to the midseason Top 30 who were not on the preseason list.
Players who do not make the midseason list are still eligible for the national ballot, which will be selected in March and will consist of approximately 20 players, chosen by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board Committee, who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
More than 1,000 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from across the nation, will then cast their votes to determine both the 10-member All American Team and Player of the Year. In late March, the 10-player Wooden Award All American Team will be announced.
The 2009 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners and the Legends of Coaching Award to Rick Barnes of the University of Texas, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club the weekend of April 11-12.
