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    DeWanna Bonner Named To Preseason Wooden Award List Auburn senior one of 30 preseason candidates for college basketball's highest honor
    DeWanna Bonner

    DeWanna Bonner

    Nov. 5, 2008

    LOS ANGELES -- Auburn senior DeWanna Bonner was announced as one of 30 preseason candidates for the Women's Wooden Award All-American Team and Player of the Year trophy, Wooden Award chairman and founder Richard Llewellyn announced Wednesday.

    The list is composed of student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for the prestigious honor.

    Transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts are not eligible for the preseason list. These players and others who excel throughout the season will be evaluated and considered for January's midseason list and the official voting ballot released in March.

    In total, 17 seniors, 10 juniors and three sophomores were selected to the Preseason Top 30 List.

    The recognition comes the same day Bonner was chose as the SEC coaches' pick as Preseason SEC Player of the Year. She was also the preseason selection for conference player of the year in a poll of the league's media last month. Bonner enters the 2008-09 season following a junior campaign that saw her earn honorable mention All-America honors. The Fairfield, Ala., native averaged a double-double last season with 18.4 points and 10.0 rebounds per game.

    In mid-January, the Wooden Award Committee will release the Midseason Top 20 list, followed in March by the National 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 GPA. The Women's Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round during the NCAA Tournament.

    The 33rd annual Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the announcement of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, and the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American Teams will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club in April, 2009.

    2008-09 John R. Wooden Award
    Preseason Top 30 List - Women's Category
    Women's All-American Team - Top 30 Candidates
    (Based on a preseason poll. Players listed alphabetically.)

     

     

    Jessica Adair, George Washington
    Jayne Appel, Stanford
    Chante Black, Duke
    DeWanna Bonner, Auburn
    Heather Bowman, Gonzaga
    Tina Charles, Connecticut
    Marissa Coleman, Maryland
    Allyssa DeHaan, Michigan State
    Krystal Ellis, Marquette
    Rachele Fitz, Marist
    Devanei Hampton, California
    Ashley Houts, Georgia
    Jareica Hughes, UTEP
    Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
    Shalee Lehning, Kansas State
    Rashanda McCants, North Carolina
    Angel McCoughtry, Louisville
    Renee Montgomery, Connecticut
    Maya Moore, Connecticut
    Courtney Paris, Oklahoma
    Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier
    Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers
    Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State
    Takia Starks, Texas A&M
    Kristi Toliver, Maryland
    Kia Vaughn, Rutgers
    Ashley Walker, California
    Christina Wirth, Vanderbilt
    Monica Wright, Virginia
    Shavonte Zellous, Pittsburgh

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