BATON ROUGE — LSU junior forward Glen Davis, last year’s Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, was named one of the top 50 preseason candidates for the 2006-07 Wooden Award All-American team.
The announcement came from the presiding Los Angeles Athletic Club after tallying the ballots of the national preseason selection committee.
Davis is the only preseason candidate who was honored last year as a member of the 2006 Wooden Award All-American team.
Candidates have been selected from 15 NCAA conferences, up from 11 last year. Conferences include the ACC (eight players), the Big 12 (eight), the Pac-10 (seven), the Big East (seven), the SEC (seven), the Big 10 (four), the Mountain West (two) and one player each from the Atlantic 10, Conference USA, WAC, Mid-Continent, the Sun Belt, the Horizon League, the Colonial Athletic Association and the Big Sky.
Also on the list from the SEC besides the LSU forward are Corey Brewer of Florida, Jermareo Davidson of Alabama, Al Horford of Florida, Chris Lofton of Tennessee, Joakim Noah of Florida and Ronald Steele of Alabama.
In January, the Wooden Award committee will release the midseason top-30 followed by the national ballot in early March. On Tuesday, March 27, the 10-player Wooden Award All-American team will be announced. The 2007 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the men and women’s Wooden Award will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 7, 2007.
Wooden Award All-American Team – Top 50 Candidates
(Based on a preseason poll. Players listed alphabetically.)
Name
Ht.
Cl.
Pos.
School
Aaron Afflalo
6’5″
Jr.
G
UCLA
De’Angelo Alexander
6’6″
Sr.
G
Charlotte
Morris Almond
6’6″
Sr.
G
Rice
Corey Brewer
6’9″
Jr.
F
Florida
Jon Brockman
6’7″
So.
F
Washington
Jamar Butler
6’2′
Jr.
G
Ohio State
Coleman Collins
6’9″
Sr.
F
Virginia Tech
JamesOn Curry
6’3″
Jr.
G
Oklahoma State
Jermareo Davidson
6’10”
Sr.
F
Alabama
6’9″
Jr.
F
LSU
Jared Dudley
6’7″
Sr.
F
Boston College
Nick Fazekas
6’11”
Sr.
F
Nevada
Aaron Gray
7’0″
Sr.
C
Pittsburgh
Jeff Green
6’9″
Jr.
F
Georgetown
Caleb Green
6’8″
Sr.
F
Oral Roberts
Malik Hairston
6’6″
Jr.
G
Oregon
Adam Haluska
6’5″
Sr.
G
Iowa
Lamont Hamilton
6’10
Jr.
F
St. John’s
Tyler Hansbrough
6’9″
So.
F
North Carolina
Brandon Heath
6’4″
Sr.
G
San Diego State
Roy Hibbert
7’2″
Jr.
C
Georgetown
Al Horford
6’10”
Jr.
F/C
Florida
Jarrius Jackson
6’2″
Sr.
G
Texas Tech
Dominic James
5’11”
So.
G
Marquette
Joseph Jones
6’9″
Jr.
F/C
Texas A&M
Acie Law
6’3″
Sr.
G
Texas A&M
Courtney Lee
6’5″
Jr.
G/F
Western Kentucky
Chris Lofton
6’2″
Jr.
G
Tennessee
Luc Richard Mbah a Monute
6’7″
So.
F
UCLA
Josh McRoberts
6’10”
So.
F
Duke
Sammy Mejia
6’6″
Sr.
G
DePaul
Joakim Noah
6’11”
Jr.
F/C
Florida
David Padgett
6’11”
Jr.
F/C
Louisville
Brian Randle
6’8″
Jr.
F
Illinois
Richard Roby
6’6″
Jr.
G
Colorado
Brandon Rush
6’6″
So.
G
Kansas
Blake Schilb
6’7″
Sr.
G
Loyola ( Chicago)
Mustafa Shakur
6’3″
Sr.
G
Arizona
Sean Singletary
6’0″
Jr.
G
Virginia
Jason Smith
7’0″
Jr.
F
Colorado State
Ronald Steele
6’3″
Jr.
G
Alabama
Loren Stokes
6’3″
Sr.
G
Hofstra
Rodney Stuckey
6’5″
So.
G
Eastern Washington
Kammron Taylor
6’2″
Sr.
G
Wisconsin
Reyshawn Terry
6’8″
Sr.
F
North Carolina
Al Thornton
6’8″
Sr.
F
Florida State
Alando Tucker
6’6″
Sr.
F
Wisconsin
Ayinde Ubaka
6’4″
Sr.
G
California
Marcus Williams
6’7″
So.
F
Arizona
Julian Wright
6’8″
So.
F
Kansas
* Indicates player was a 2005-2006 John R. Wooden Award All-American.