November 5, 2007 - Rider’s Thompson Up For Wooden Award

November 5, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Men’s College Basketball
Rider’s Thompson Up For Wooden Award

LAWRENCEVILLE—Rider University senior Jason Thompson is one of 50 Division I basketball players to be listed on the 2007-08 pre-season Wooden Award watch list.

The list is composed of 50 student athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most coveted trophy.

These top 50 candidates are comprised of returning players. Transfers, freshmen, and medical red-shirts are not eligible for this preseason list, but will be evaluated and considered for both the Midseason Top 30 list and the National Ballot.

Players not on the preseason list are eligible for the midseason top 30 and ballot. Last year, Kevin Durant of the University of Texas was the first freshman to win the Wooden Award.

2007-08 Wooden Award Pre-Season Watch List

Jeff Adrien F Jr. Connecticut Ryan Anderson F So. California D.J. Augustin G So. Texas Patrick Beverley G So. Arkansas Jon Brockman F Jr. Washington Chase Budinger F So. Arizona Jaycee Carroll G Sr. Utah State Mario Chalmers G Jr. Kansas Darren Collison G Jr. UCLA Brandon Costner F So. NC State Stephen Curry G So. Davidson Eric Devendorf G Jr. Syracuse Chris Douglas-Roberts G Jr. Memphis Randal Falkner F Sr. Southern Illinois Shan Foster G/F Sr. Vanderbilt Taj Gibson F So. USC James Gist F Sr. Maryland Jamont Gordon G/F Jr. Mississippi State Kentrell Gransberry C Sr. South Florida A.J. Graves G Sr. Butler Malik Hairston G Jr Oregon Tyler Hansbrough* F Jr. North Carolina Richard Hendrix F Jr. Alabama Roy Hibbert C Sr. Georgetown Dominic James G Jr. Marquette Joseph Jones F/C Sr. Texas A&M Marcelus Kemp G Sr. Nevada Ty Lawson G So. North Carolina Courtney Lee G/F Sr. Western Kentucky Chris Lofton G Sr. Tennessee Derrick Low G Sr. Washington State Aleks Maric C Sr. Nebraska Eric Maynor G Jr. VCU Bo McCalebb G Sr. New Orleans Drew Neitzel G Sr. Michigan State DeMarcus Nelson G Sr. Duke Jeremy Pargo G Jr. Gonzaga Jeff Pendergraph F Jr. Arizona State Scottie Reynolds G So. Villanova Tyrese Rice G Jr. Boston College Brandon Rush* G Jr. Kansas Josh Shipp F Jr. UCLA Sean Singletary G Sr. Virginia Jason Thompson F Sr. Rider Johnathan Wallace G Sr. Georgetown Kyle Weaver G Sr. Washington State D.J. White F Sr. Indiana Reggie Williams F Sr. VMI Terrence Williams F Jr. Louisville Martin Zeno G Sr. Texas Tech

*denotes player was a 2006-07 Wooden Award All-American

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