Texas Tech University Athletics
Grant Named Preseason Wooden Award Candidate
August 12, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Aug. 12, 2005
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech senior standout Erin Grant has been chosen as one of the 30 preseason candidates for the 2005-06 Women's Wooden Award presented by Applied Materials. The list is composed of 30 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most coveted trophy.
Grant, a native of Arlington, Texas, is currently a member of the USA team competing at the Women's World University Games in Izmir, Turkey. Last season, the All-Big 12 first team selection became Texas Tech's career leader in assists with 661. Tech's point guard is on pace to set the Big 12 career record this season after leading the conference in assists per game at 7.03 in 2005. The two-time Academic All-Big 12 first team honoree graduated from Tech this past May with a double major in marketing and general business in just three years.
These top 30 candidates are comprised of returning players, although transfers, freshmen and other players who excel throughout the season will be evaluated and considered for both the Midseason top 20 list and the National Ballot.
In mid-January, the Wooden Award Committee will release the Midseason Top 20 List, followed in March by the official voting ballot, consisting of approximately 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPS. The 2006 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will be held a The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 8, 2006, and will be broadcast live on a national CBS telecast. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the Awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from the John R. Wooden Award Scholarship Fund in their name to their university's general scholarship fund.
For more information on the John R. Wood Award, visit www.WoodenAward.com
2005-06 Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 Candidates
Seimone Augustus, LSU
Nikki Blue, UCLA
Lindsay Bowen, Michigan State
Jazz Covington, Louisville
Monique Currie, Duke
Jessica Davenport, Ohio State
Shay Doron, Maryland
Megan Duffy, Notre Dame
Candice Dupree, Temple
Emily Faurholt, Idaho
Sylvia Fowles, LSU
Katie Gearlds, Purdue
Erin Grant, Texas Tech
Tasha Humphrey, Georgia
Tiffany Jackson, Texas
Tamara James, Miami
Crystal Langhorne, Maryland
Erlana Larkins, North Carolina
Ivory Latta, North Carolina
Shawntinice Polk, Arizona
Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers
Armintie Price, Mississippi
Noelle Quinn, UCLA
Khara Smith, DePaul
Kim Smith, Utah
Ann Strother, Connecticut
Barbara Turner, Connecticut
Candice Wiggins, Stanford
Mistie Williams, Duke
Sophia Young, Baylor
