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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. ### 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 http://www.woodenaward.com/

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

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

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