Langhorne Placed on Women's Wooden Award Ballot
3/8/2006 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 8, 2006
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The John R. Wooden Award announced its 18 finalists and Maryland sophomore Crystal Langhorne is among them. The 18 student-athletes have been placed on the official voting ballot for the 2005-06 Women's Wooden Award All-American Team and Player of the Year, presented annually to the nation's top collegiate basketball player. The winner will be announced on Saturday, April 8 on CBS at 2 p.m.
A center/forward, Langhorne (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) is one of just three ACC players on the ballot. She is joined by North Carolina's Ivory Latta and Duke's Monique Currie.
Langhorne helped the third-ranked Terps reach the finals of the ACC Tournament last week, the first time in 13 years Maryland had appeared in the title game. She was named first team All-ACC Tournament for the second year in a row, averaging 15 points and eight rebounds over the three games. In the upset victory over then-No. 2 Duke in the semifinals, she posted her 32nd career double-double, tallying 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Langhorne, who leads the nation with a 65.9 field goal shooting percentage, was also recently named first team All-ACC. She is tied for third in the ACC in scoring (16.3) and second in rebounding (8.6).
In order to be considered for the National Ballot, all players must have been accredited by their university as meeting the Wooden Award criteria which includes making normal progress towards graduation and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
A panel of over 200 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from around the nation, will have until 3 p.m. EST on Monday, March 27 to cast their votes for both the five-member All-American Team and Wooden Award recipient as the most outstanding women's collegiate basketball player in the United States. The Wooden Award opts for the March 27 deadline because it allows voters to evaluate players up until the Final Four has been determined.
The 2006 Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and Legends of Coaching Award recipient Jim Boeheim of Syracuse University, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 8, 2006, and will be broadcast live on a national CBS telecast. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.
John R. Wooden Award Finalists
Name Height Year Position School Seimone Augustus 6'1" Sr. G LSU Monique Currie 6'0" Sr. G/F Duke Jessica Davenport 6'5" Jr. C Ohio State Jessica Dickson 5'11" Jr. F South Florida Megan Duffy 5'7" Sr. G Notre Dame Candice Dupree 6'2" Sr. F/C Temple Sylvia Fowles 6'6" So. C LSU Tasha Humphrey 6'3" So. F Georgia Crystal Langhorne 6'2" So. C/F Maryland Ivory Latta 5'6" Jr. G North Carolina Courtney Paris 6'5" Fr. C Oklahoma Candace Parker 6'4" Fr (RS) F Tennessee Cappie Pondexter 5'9" Sr. G Rutgers Khara Smith 6'2" Sr. F DePaul Kim Smith 6'1" Sr. F Utah Ann Strother 6'3" Sr. G/F UConn Candice Wiggins 5'11" So. G Stanford Sophia Young 6'1" Sr. F Baylor
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