Dana Evans Named to Wooden Award Late Season Top 20
February 03, 2020 | Women's Basketball
Evans is leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with 65 made 3-pointers.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced on espnW.com that University of Louisville junior guard Dana Evans has been named to the John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's® Late Season Top 20. Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the first half of the 2019-20 season, the list comprises of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor and the John R. Wooden Award All America Team.
Evans, the 2018-19 ACC Sixth Player of the Year, ranks second in the ACC with 18.7 points per game. She leads the league and ranks 10th in the country with 65 made 3-pointers. She is shooting 42.8 percent from beyond the arc, which leads the league and ranks 25th in the NCAA. She leads the league and ranks fourth in the country with a 91.9 free throw percentage.
In wins at Clemson and Boston College, she knocked down a career-high seven 3-pointers. Against the Eagles, she went 7-10 from deep after opening 7 of 8 and she shot 7-13 at Clemson.
The native of Gary, Ind., has been named College Sports Madness ACC Player of the Week three times, ACC Player of the Week twice and was named espnW and USBWA National Player of the Week following her performance at the Paradise Jam.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2020 John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's. Players not appearing on this list are still eligible for the National Ballot, which will be announced in early March. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games. The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2020 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Wendy's during the ESPN College Basketball Awards on Friday, April 10, 2020.
About the John R. Wooden Award
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 basketball player at an NCAA Division I university who has proven to his or her university that he or she meets or exceeds the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden Award Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), Tim Duncan ('97), Kevin Durant ('07), Candace Parker ('07 & '08), Maya Moore ('09 & '11), Chiney Ogwumike ('14), A'ja Wilson ('18) and Sabrina Ionescu ('19).
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed nearly one million dollars to the universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament brings together Special Olympics athletes and Wooden Award All Americans and coaches in attendance. It is hosted at the Los Angeles Athletic Club during the John R. Wooden Award Weekend.
For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.
Evans, the 2018-19 ACC Sixth Player of the Year, ranks second in the ACC with 18.7 points per game. She leads the league and ranks 10th in the country with 65 made 3-pointers. She is shooting 42.8 percent from beyond the arc, which leads the league and ranks 25th in the NCAA. She leads the league and ranks fourth in the country with a 91.9 free throw percentage.
In wins at Clemson and Boston College, she knocked down a career-high seven 3-pointers. Against the Eagles, she went 7-10 from deep after opening 7 of 8 and she shot 7-13 at Clemson.
The native of Gary, Ind., has been named College Sports Madness ACC Player of the Week three times, ACC Player of the Week twice and was named espnW and USBWA National Player of the Week following her performance at the Paradise Jam.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2020 John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's. Players not appearing on this list are still eligible for the National Ballot, which will be announced in early March. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games. The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2020 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Wendy's during the ESPN College Basketball Awards on Friday, April 10, 2020.
About the John R. Wooden Award
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 basketball player at an NCAA Division I university who has proven to his or her university that he or she meets or exceeds the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden Award Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), Tim Duncan ('97), Kevin Durant ('07), Candace Parker ('07 & '08), Maya Moore ('09 & '11), Chiney Ogwumike ('14), A'ja Wilson ('18) and Sabrina Ionescu ('19).
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed nearly one million dollars to the universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament brings together Special Olympics athletes and Wooden Award All Americans and coaches in attendance. It is hosted at the Los Angeles Athletic Club during the John R. Wooden Award Weekend.
For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.
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