BATON ROUGE — The John R. Wooden Award Committee has announced the 22 student-athletes named to the official voting ballot for the 2006-07 Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award Player of the Year, presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate basketball play and LSU’s Glen Davis remains on the final list of 22 to be considered.
Davis joins three players that were in the running for last year’s Wooden Award. Nick Fazekas (Nevada), Chris Lofton of Tennessee and Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina. Davis was a member of last year’s Wooden All-American team.
In total, nine seniors, nine juniors, two sophomores and two freshmen were selected to the national ballot. Freshmen appear on the national ballot for only the second time in Wooden Award history.
The SEC has five candidates with Davis and Lofton joined by the Florida trio of Corey Brewer, Tauren Green and Joakim Noah.
A panel of over 1,000 voters comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from around the nation will vote for the 10 member All-American team and the Wooden Award.
For the first time in Wooden Award history, college basketball fans will be able to cast their votes for the Wooden Award Player of the Year. All fan votes will be tabulated and counted as one ballot towards the actual final tally. Fans will have the option of voting on WoodenAward.com or by text messaging from their cell phones.
The Wooden Award is presented annual by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.