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Kris Dunn Among 20 on Latest Wooden Award Watch List

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The Wooden Award chopped their list of players in consideration from 25 to 20 on Wednesday. There were a couple names added that weren’t on the list of 25 players, but Kris Dunn continues to be cited as a candidate for this prestigious award.  The John R. Wooden Award — named after the legendary UCLA coach — is given annually to the nation’s top player. Dunn is the only Big East player among the latest release of 20 players. The list will be trimmed down to 15 before 10 players are selected as Wooden All-Americans during the Elite Eight and the winner of the award will be named on April 8th. There is a fan-voting can component to this award that can be found here.

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Kris Dunn on Midseason Wooden Award Watch List

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The Wooden Award’s Midseason Watch List was released Wednesday night and Kris Dunn finds himself firmly planted among 24 others on the pared down list. Dunn was on the first release of the Wooden Award Watch List that was put out in mid-November right after the season began and that list included 50 players. This midseason one only has 25. A player not being on the midseason list doesn’t disqualify him from winning the award, however. The Wooden Award — named after legendary UCLA coach John Wooden — is given annually to the nation’s top player. Dunn is the only Big East player to make the midseason watch list for this award.

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Kris Dunn on First Release of Wooden Award Watch List

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The national attention continues for Kris Dunn. Dunn, who scored  a career high 32 points while grabbing a career high 8 steals in Providence’s season opening win against Harvard, has been named to the 50 player first release of the Wooden Award watch list. The Wooden Award — named after legendary UCLA coach John Wooden — is given annually to the nation’s top player and this is the first release of the watch list of players that are considered potential winners. Dunn is joined on the list by fellow Big East brethren Jalen Brunson (Villanova), Kellen Dunham (Butler) and D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown).

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Big East News: Creighton’s Doug McDermott Wins Wooden Award

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Congratulations to Doug McDermott for being named the winner of the Wooden Award. This marks the 11th National Player of the Year Award for McDermott but the Wooden Award is THE player of the year award. McDermott becomes the first Big East player to win this prestigious award since St. John’s Walter Berry did it in 1986 and is only the 3rd Big East player to ever win the award with Chris Mullin of St. John’s winning in 1985.

The announcement was made on ESPN’s SportsCenter by John Wooden’s grandson. The official awards gala will take place in Los Angeles on April 11th.

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 minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA.  Previous winners include such notables as Larry Bird (’79), Michael Jordan (’84), Tim Duncan (’97), Candace Parker (’07 and ’08), Kevin Durant (’09) and Maya Moore of Connecticut (’09 and ‘11). Michigan’s Trey Burke won the 2013 Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s.

Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed close to a million dollars to universities’ general scholarship fund in the names of the All American recipients. The Award has also 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 Americans, takes place at The Los Angeles Athletic Club the weekend of the John R. Wooden Award Ceremony.

Follow the candidates and get the latest news throughout the season by logging on to www.WoodenAward.com, following us on Twitter (@WoodenAward), or going to the Wooden Award facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/WoodenAward.  For more information on the John R. Wooden Award, please contact the Wooden Award staff at 213-630-5231 or via email at woodenaward@laac.net.