John R. Wooden Award announces list of 2016-17 Preseason Top 30
The John R. Wooden Award announced the Women’s Preseason Top 30 today. The list includes student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the honor. The list is chosen by a preseason poll of national women’s college basketball media members.
Seven conferences are represented on the list. The ACC has the most selections at ten, followed by the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC with five each. The American and Big 12 each have two selections and the Big East has one pick. Among the student-athletes on the list, 27 out of 30 are upperclassmen, including 15 seniors. No freshman made the list.
Players not chosen to the preseason list are eligible for the midseason list, the late season list and the National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA. The Wooden Award All American Team, consisting of the nation’s top five players, will be announced the week of the Final Four.
| Name | School | Conference | Height | Class | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Allen | Notre Dame | ACC | 5-8 | Sr. | G |
| Kristine Anigwe | California | Pac-12 | 6-4 | Soph. | C/F |
| Jordin Canada | UCLA | Pac-12 | 5-6 | Jr. | G |
| Alaina Coates | South Carolina | SEC | 6-4 | Sr. | C |
| Nia Coffey | Northwestern | Big Ten | 6-1 | Sr. | F |
| Nina Davis | Baylor | Big 12 | 5-11 | Sr. | F |
| Diamond DeShields | Tennessee | SEC | 6-1 | Jr. | G |
| Asia Durr | Louisville | ACC | 5-10 | Soph. | G |
| Makayla Epps | Kentucky | SEC | 5-10 | Sr. | G |
| Katelynn Flaherty | Michigan | Big Ten | 5-7 | Jr. | G |
| Rebecca Greenwell | Duke | ACC | 6-1 | Jr. | G |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | Louisville | ACC | 6-2 | Jr. | F |
| Jessica January | DePaul | Big East | 5-7 | Sr. | G |
| Alexis Jones | Baylor | Big 12 | 5-9 | Sr. | G |
| Brionna Jones | Maryland | Big Ten | 6-3 | Sr. | C |
| Erica McCall | Stanford | Pac-12 | 6-3 | Sr. | F |
| Kelsey Mitchell | Ohio State | Big Ten | 5-8 | Jr. | G |
| Mariya Moore | Louisville | ACC | 6-0 | Jr. | F |
| Adrienne Motley | Miami | ACC | 5-9 | Sr. | G |
| Kia Nurse | Connecticut | The American | 6-0 | Jr. | G |
| Alexis Peterson | Syracuse | ACC | 5-7 | Sr. | G |
| Kelsey Plum | Washington | Pac-12 | 5-8 | Sr. | G |
| Leticia Romero | Florida State | ACC | 5-8 | Sr. | G |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | Connecticut | The American | 6-3 | Soph. | G/F |
| Shakayla Thomas | Florida State | ACC | 5-11 | Jr. | F |
| Brianna Turner | Notre Dame | ACC | 6-3 | Jr. | F |
| Victoria Vivians | Mississippi State | SEC | 6-1 | Jr. | G |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | Maryland | Big Ten | 5-11 | Sr. | G |
| Sydney Wiese | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 6-1 | Sr. | G |
| A'ja Wilson | South Carolina | SEC | 6-5 | Jr. | F |
