LOS ANGELES—Texas A&M junior guard Courtney Walker was named to the John R. Wooden Award's Women's Midseason Top 20 today, a list comprised of 20 student-athletes who are the front-runners for the Wooden Award, awarded to the top player in women's college basketball, at roughly the halfway point of the 2014-15 season. The list is chosen by a poll of national college women's college basketball media members.
Walker leads the Aggies with 14.7 points per game, which ranks fourth in the SEC, and averages 19.5 points per game against the AP Top 25. Walker, an All-American in 2013-14, was named SEC Player of Week on Nov. 17 after helping the Aggies to a season-opening win with 25 points at No. 18 DePaul.
Players not chosen to the preseason team are eligible for both the midseason team and the National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 20 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.
John R. Wooden Award Women's Midseason Top 20
Name - Ht. - Yr. - Pos. - School - Conference
Jillian Alleyne - 6-3 - JR - F - Oregon - Pac-12
Brittany Boyd - 5-9 - SR - G - California - Pac-12
Crystal Bradford - 6-0 - SR - G - Central Michigan - MAC
Nina Davis - 5-11 - SO - F - Baylor - Big 12
Nneka Enemkpali - 6-1 - SR - F - Texas - Big 12
Alisha Gray - 6-0 - SO - G - North Carolina - ACC
Reshanda Gray - 6-3 - SR - F - California - Pac-12
Dearica Hamby - 6-3 - SR - F - Wake Forest - ACC
Isabelle Harrison - 6-3 - SR - C - Tennessee - SEC
Bria Holmes - 6-1 - JR - G - West Virginia - Big 12
Samantha Logic - 5-9 - SR - G - Iowa - Big Ten
Jewell Loyd - 5-10 - JR - G - Notre Dame - ACC
Tiffany Mitchell - 5-9 - JR - G - South Carolina - SEC
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis - 5-11 - SR - F - Connecticut - The American
Amber Orrange - 5-7 - SR - G - Stanford - Pac-12
Kelsey Plum - 5-8 - SO - G - Washington - Pac-12
Breanna Stewart* - 6-4 - JR - F - Connecticut - The American
Courtney Walker - 5-8 - JR - G - Texas A&M - SEC
Elizabeth Williams - 6-3 - SR - C/F - Duke - ACC
A'ja Wilson - 6-5 - FR - G/F - South Carolina - SEC