Wooden Award

Thank you @VUCoachJWright for your dedication to coaching & being a leader for @VillanovaU & many @NovaMBB players and before. Jay, you’ve proven yourself as one of the greats as noted by your 2018 @WoodenAward - Legend of Coaching Award Honor! Best wishes in your next steps!

Congratulations Coach K on an amazing run at Duke! We are proud you are a Wooden Award program Legends of Coaching recipient. Huzzah Coack K from Sam Laganà and the Wooden Award Steering Committee.

Congrats to all the student athletes on the Wooden Award Ballots vying for Wooden Award All American and Most Outstanding Player of the Years honors. The ballots are open. Post season is here!!! Best wishes to all!!!

Wooden Award updated their info in the about section.

Wooden Award updated their info in the about section.

We celebrate these two men every June 4. Both had wonderful positive influences on many, especially me. Hail Duke Llewellyn and John R. Wooden. They went to Heaven together on June 4. The legacy they left on college basketball in the Wooden Award program is good for the game and those who play, watch and coach it.

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms today...Especially the Wooden Award Trophy Mom’s!!! 😀😀😀

Today is Coach Wooden’s Birthday. It’s a good day to remember his Seven point Creed:

Be true to yourself.
Help others.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for your blessings every day.

Have a great day!

Tune and find out who has won the top award in college basketball for women for the 2019-20 season. Legends of Coaching honoree to be profiled as well!!

Wooden Awards presented by Wendy’s news below ⬇️

John R. Wooden Award

John R. Wooden Award

Presented By Wendy’s

Announces 2019-20 Men’s All American Team



LOS ANGELES, CA (April 1, 2020) – The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced the 2020 John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy’s All American Team during ESPN’s SportsCenter today. The Wooden Award All American Team is comprised of ten student athletes who were the top vote-getters in the quest to earn college basketball’s most prestigious honor. The ten-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Devon Dotson (Kansas), Malachi Flynn (San Diego State), Luka Garza (Iowa), Markus Howard (Marquette), Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga), Myles Powell (Seton Hall), Payton Pritchard (Oregon), Obi Toppin (Dayton), and Cassisus Winston (Michigan State). The five finalists for the 2020 John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy’s are: Azubuike, Garza, Howard, Powell, and Toppin.

Voting took place from March 16-23, 2020. As insisted upon by Coach Wooden at the Award’s creation 44 years ago, all players were certified by their universities as meeting or exceeding the criteria of the John R. Wooden Award. The 44th annual presentation of the John R. Wooden Award to the men’s most outstanding college basketball player will take place Tuesday, April 7, during the 5 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter on ESPN.



About the John R. Wooden Award

Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All American Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legend of Coaching recipient. Honorees have proven to their university that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden Award Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird (’79), Michael Jordan (’84), Tim Duncan (’97), Kevin Durant (’07), Candace Parker (’07; ’08), Maya Moore (’09; ’11), Chiney Ogwumike (’14), and last year’s recipients, Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon and Zion Williamson of Duke.

Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed over one million dollars to the universities’ general scholarship fund in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps.

For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.

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John R. Wooden Award

Presented By Wendy’s

2019-20 Men’s All American Team



Name

School

Conference

Height

Class

Position

Udoka Azubuike

Kansas

Big 12

7-0

Sr.

C

Devon Dotson

Kansas

Big 12

6-2

So.

G

Malachi Flynn

San Diego State

Mountain West

6-1

Jr.

G

Luka Garza

Iowa

Big Ten

6-11

Jr.

C

Markus Howard*

Marquette

Big East

5-11

Sr.

G

Filip Petrusev

Gonzaga

WCC

6-11

So.

F

Myles Powell

Seton Hall

Big East

6-2

Sr.

G

Payton Pritchard

Oregon

PAC-12

6-2

Sr.

G

Obi Toppin

Dayton

A-10

6-9

So.

F

Cassius Winston*

Michigan State

Big Ten

6-1

Sr.

G



*indicates player was selected as a 2018-19 Wooden Award All American

John R. Wooden Award
http://www.woodenaward.com/

John R. Wooden Award

John R. Wooden Award

John R. Wooden Award

Presented By Wendy’s

Announces 2019-20 Women’s All American Team



LOS ANGELES, CA (April 1, 2020) – The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced the 2020 John R. Wooden Award® Presented by Wendy’s® All American Team™ during ESPN’s SportsCenter today. The Wooden Award All American Team is comprised of five student athletes who were the top vote-getters in the quest to earn college basketball’s most prestigious honor. The five-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Lauren Cox (Baylor), Tyasha Harris (South Carolina), Ruthy Hebard (Oregon), Rhyne Howard (Kentucky), and Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon).

Voting took place from March 16-23, 2020. As insisted upon by Coach Wooden at the Award’s creation 44 years ago, all players were certified by their universities as meeting or exceeding the criteria of the John R. Wooden Award. The 44th annual presentation of the John R. Wooden Award to the women’s most outstanding college basketball player will take place Monday, April 6, during the 5 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter on ESPN.

About the John R. Wooden Award

Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All American Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legend of Coaching recipient. Honorees have proven to their university that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden Award Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird (’79), Michael Jordan (’84), Tim Duncan (’97), Kevin Durant (’07), Candace Parker (’07; ’08), Maya Moore (’09; ’11), Chiney Ogwumike (’14), and last year’s recipients, Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon and Zion Williamson of Duke.

Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed over one million dollars to the universities’ general scholarship fund in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps.

For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.

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John R. Wooden Award

Presented By Wendy’s

2019-20 Women’s All American Team



Name

School

Conference

Height

Class

Position

Lauren Cox

Baylor

Big 12

6-4

Sr.

F

Tyasha Harris

South Carolina

SEC

5-10

Sr.

G

Ruthy Hebard

Oregon

PAC-12

6-4

Sr.

F

Rhyne Howard

Kentucky

SEC

6-2

So.

G

Sabrina Ionescu*

Oregon

PAC-12

5-11

Sr.

G



*indicates player selected as the 2019 Wooden Award winner

John R. Wooden Award
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John R. Wooden Award

Congrats to 2019 Wooden Award
Presented by Wendy’s winner
Sabrina of UOregon on
a recording breaking night at Stanford in Women’s basketball.

The Wooden Award college basketball tip-off luncheon is Tuesday October 1 at The Los Angeles Athletic Club. 11:30 am. All NCAA D1 coaches in southern California from San Luis Obispo to San Diego will be on hand. Call 213-625-2211 to make a reservation and buy a seat. Ask for Brian Takao. This event is produced by Wooden Award director Ernest Baskerville.

Can you imagine that we are 5 months away from the start of the 2019-2020 college hoops season!? Who will be the next Wooden Award All-American Team?

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Here is a little look at what makes the Wooden Award event something special: https://vimeo.com/user49494040/review/331016554/b9a306c9f0

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The college basketball season officially ends when this trophy is presented - Congratulations to Wooden Award Winners Zion Williamson and Sabrina Ionescu on an amazing year in collegiate basketball!

Wooden Award Legends of Coaching Honoree Tom Izzo in 2011 is ready for another battle in the Final Four.

Congrats to Wooden Award winners Larry Johnson ‘91, Calvert Cheaney ‘93 & Shane Battier ‘01 along with Wooden Legends of Coaching Honoree Lute Olson ‘01 on your 2019 selection to the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, MO.

Moments like this is why you play every millisecond of the game. “Make each day your masterpiece.” - John R. Wooden

Flashback - Wooden Award moment - Ralph Sampson of UVA Wins the most prestigious award in college basketball.

Game one on the 2019 Final Four - Features a Wooden Award Top Ten All American De’Andre Hunter

Wendy’s always makes what they do special for their friends. So proud they sponsor the John WoodenAward, Heisman events and the NCAA

Proud of our friends at AIA for always representing Coach Wooden with dignity and class. “The Keys to Life” presentation is always strong!! Year after year.

Coach Izzo, the 2011 Wooden Award Legends of Coaching honoree is always in demand at the NCAA. We look forward to seeing him in Los Angeles next week with Cassius Winston. Great thought by Coach Izzo - “Having some of your icons of the past care about the players of today is really cool. I hope we don’t loose that with the one and done kids”

It’s on! Final Four—- Which means we are 7 days away from the Start of Wooden Award Weekend and the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams, Legend of Coaching Award and Tommy Hawkins Game Changer Award and the Wooden Award Trophies for men’s and women’s Players of the Year! The College Basketball Season Doesn’t End until The John WoodenAward is presented!!!

Can you believe that we are at conference championship week (err 10 days) starting Wednesday ? What five players to you think make the Wooden Award All American First Team???

It is time for the Wooden Award race to get interesting. Who do you think the five finalists (Wooden Award All American Team) will be???

Get ready the mid-season Top Twenty Five Lists are coming soon. Check out ESPNU and ESPNW for more information.

College basketball season is upon us. The Wooden Award Pre-Season Player Watch List will Be released this week!

Eight years ago today we lost two great men who contributed mightily to the people of Los Angeles and the game of basketball. They were close friends and both passed on this same day unknowingly to one another that the other was on their way to heaven.

Both had great impact in our world. Take time today to remember them fondly.

Duke Llewellyn and a John R. Wooden, in 1976 founded The Wooden Award - celebrating the The John R. Wooden Award winners as the most outstanding students competing in collegiate basketball, and The Wooden Award All American teams for men & women.

Their inspiration drives us toward success today.

So grateful for Wendy's sponsorship and ESPN for producing an amazing show that celebrated The WoodenAward. So many to thank, - know you all are appreciated! TEAMWORK!

The 2017-18 College Basketball Season has officially ended - The John R Wooden Award winners have been presented their trophy’s!!! Onward to the 2018-19 season!!!

Congratulations to Jalen Brunson as the winner of the John WoodenAward - Welcome to the fraternity!

Congrats to A’ja Wilson as a John WoodenAward winner!!!

The Wooden Award All Americans are on their way to LA for the WoodenAward presentation on Friday sponsored by Wendy’s - airing on ESPN at 8pm eastern time.