March 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES - The 2008 Women's John R. Wooden Award ballot, comprised of 17 top student-athletes including Baylor's Angela Tisdale, was announced today at The Los Angeles Athletic Club by John R. Wooden Award Chairman Richard "Duke" Llewellyn. The Wooden Award winner will be announced on Saturday, April 12, during a special ceremony at The Los Angeles Athletic Club.
A panel of more than 300 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from around the nation, have until 3 p.m. EST on Monday, March 31 to cast their votes for the five-member women's All-American Team and Player of the Year, a long voting period that allows voters to evaluate players up through the first several rounds of the NCAA Tournament. All players on the ballots have proven to their universities that they are making progress toward graduation and are maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
Connecticut ( Tina Charles and Maya Moore) and Maryland (Kristi Toliver and Crystal Langhorne) were the only two schools with two balloted players. The Big East Conference had four players chosen to the women's slate, followed by the ACC, SEC and Big 12 with three, the Sun Belt with two, and the Pac-10 and Big Sky with one apiece.
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 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.
Women's Wooden Award 2008 Official Ballot
Tina Charles 6-4 So. C Connecticut
Natalie Doma 6-3 Sr. C Idaho State
Sylvia Fowles* 6-6 Sr. C LSU
Amber Holt 6-0 Sr. F Middle Tennessee State
Tasha Humphreys 6-3 Sr. F Georgia
Crystal Kelly 6-3 Sr. F Western Kentucky
Crystal Langhorne 6-2 Sr. C/F Maryland
Erlana Larkins 6-1 Sr. F North Carolina
Angel McCoughtry 6-1 Jr. F Louisville
Maya Moore 6-0 Fr. F Connecticut
Courtney Paris* 6-4 Jr. C Oklahoma
Candace Parker* 6-4 Jr. F/G/C Tennessee
Epiphanny Prince 5-9 So. G Rutgers
Andrea Riley 5-5 So. G Oklahoma State
Angela Tisdale 5-7 Sr. G Baylor
Kristi Toliver 5-7 Jr. G Maryland
Candice Wiggins 5-11 Sr. G Stanford
* Indicates player was a 2006-07 Wooden All-American
