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The Naismith Award program, now in its
36th year, honors the outstanding college basketball players in the
United States. The program was founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club,
an organization dedicated to recognizing the achievements of
student-athletes in basketball.
The candidates were selected by a vote
of the Board of Selectors, comprised of leading basketball coaches,
journalists and basketball analysts. Members of the board were asked
to name top male and female players who are most likely to be in
contention for the award.
"Both the men's and women's fields,
from top to bottom, are extremely talented," said Bradford. "The
race for the Naismith Award will once again be very competitive and
exciting."
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Last year's Naismith Award recipients
were T.J. Ford of the University of Texas and Diana Tarausi of the
University of Connecticut.
The first recipient of the male
Naismith Award was Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) of UCLA in
1969. Other recipients include many NBA standouts, such as Bill
Walton, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Christian
Laettner.
The women's Naismith Award, first
presented in 1983 to Anne Donovan of Old Dominion, includes
recipients such as three-time winner Cheryl Miller of USC and
two-time honorees Clarissa Davis of Texas, Chamique Holdsclaw of
Tennessee and Dawn Staley of Virginia.
For more
information on the awards, visit
http://www.naismithawards.com/.
[News release]
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