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Curry Selected to Midseason Top 30 Wooden List
1/31/2008 2:47:48 PM | Men's Basketball
Joey Beeler -- Assistant SID
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Davidson's Stephen Curry has been named one of the 30 top candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's most coveted college basketball award, as announced earlier this week by The Los Angeles Athletic Club's John R. Wooden Award Committee.
Composed of the top 30 players who will compete for this season's player of the year award, the midseason list is based on individual player performance and team records during the first half of the season.
A sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., Curry ranks fifth nationally in scoring at 24.4 points per game, while connecting on 41.1 percent (83-202) of his attempts from three-point range.
The son of former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry, Stephen (pronounced STEFF-in), has scored in double figures 47 straight games, hit the 20-point plateau 14 times and gone over the 30-point mark four times in 2007-08.
Along with ranking among national leaders in scoring, Curry ranks sixth in three-point field goals per game (4.1) and fifth in three-pointers made.
Winners of 10 straight and 22 consecutive Southern Conference regular season contests, Davidson sits at 14-6 overall and 12-0 in league play.
More than 1,000 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from across the nation, will 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 2008 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and the Legends of Coaching Award to Pat Summitt of the University of Tennessee, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club the weekend of April 11-12. The 32nd Annual Wooden Award Gala, with a reception and dinner program, will take place the evening of Friday, April 11 at the Sheraton Downtown Los Angeles. On Saturday, April 12, the Wooden Award Announcement and trophy presentation will be televised, followed by a press conference and sponsor reception.
The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.
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 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 cumulative 2.0 GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), and Tim Duncan ('97) and last year's recipients, Kevin Durant of Texas and returning player Candace Parker of Tennessee.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed nearly one million dollars to universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the All-American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps in the Award's name. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament, which brings together Special Olympic athletes and the All-American players, takes place at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on the Friday of the John R. Wooden Award weekend.
Composed of the top 30 players who will compete for this season's player of the year award, the midseason list is based on individual player performance and team records during the first half of the season.
A sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., Curry ranks fifth nationally in scoring at 24.4 points per game, while connecting on 41.1 percent (83-202) of his attempts from three-point range.
The son of former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry, Stephen (pronounced STEFF-in), has scored in double figures 47 straight games, hit the 20-point plateau 14 times and gone over the 30-point mark four times in 2007-08.
Along with ranking among national leaders in scoring, Curry ranks sixth in three-point field goals per game (4.1) and fifth in three-pointers made.
Winners of 10 straight and 22 consecutive Southern Conference regular season contests, Davidson sits at 14-6 overall and 12-0 in league play.
More than 1,000 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from across the nation, will 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 2008 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and the Legends of Coaching Award to Pat Summitt of the University of Tennessee, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club the weekend of April 11-12. The 32nd Annual Wooden Award Gala, with a reception and dinner program, will take place the evening of Friday, April 11 at the Sheraton Downtown Los Angeles. On Saturday, April 12, the Wooden Award Announcement and trophy presentation will be televised, followed by a press conference and sponsor reception.
The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.
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 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 cumulative 2.0 GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), and Tim Duncan ('97) and last year's recipients, Kevin Durant of Texas and returning player Candace Parker of Tennessee.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed nearly one million dollars to universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the All-American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps in the Award's name. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament, which brings together Special Olympic athletes and the All-American players, takes place at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on the Friday of the John R. Wooden Award weekend.
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