Senior Lauren Prochaska looks to win her 4th MAC title in 4 years this season.In another example of the national recognition Bowling Green Women’s Basketball is garnering is the announcement that Senior Lauren Prochaska was named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 list. The list is comprised of 30 women’s basketball players who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious individual award.
Prochaska, entering her senior season with the Falcons, already is third in BGSU history in scoring, with 1,699 career points through her first three years. The Mid-American Conference Player of the Year in each of the last two seasons, she is the only MAC player to make the Wooden Award top-30 list.A native of Plain City, Ohio (Jonathan Alder H.S.), Prochaska is the school's career record-holder with 241 three-point field goals made. She averaged 17.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last season, leading the team in both categories as the Falcons won the MAC regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships.
About the John R. Wooden Award
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award is the most prestigious individual honor in college basketball. It is bestowed upon the nation’s best player at an institution of higher education who has proven to his or her university that he or she is making progress toward graduation and maintaining a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA. Previous winners include such notables as Larry Bird (’79), Michael Jordan (’84), Tim Duncan (’97), Candace Parker (’07 and ’08) and Maya Moore of Connecticut (’09). Ohio State’s Evan Turner and Connecticut’s Tina Charles won the Award in 2010.Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed close to a million dollars to universities’ general scholarship fund in the names of the All American recipients. The Award has also sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps in the Award’s name. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament, which brings together Special Olympic athletes and the All Americans, takes place at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on the Friday prior to the John R. Wooden Award Ceremony.Follow the candidates and get the latest news throughout the season by logging on to http://www.woodenaward.com/.
2010-11 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 List, Women
Name Height Class Position University Conference
Danielle Adams 6-1 Sr F/C Texas A&M Big 12
Kachine Alexander 5-9 Sr G Iowa Big 10
Angie Bjorklund 6-0 Sr G/F Tennessee SEC
Jessica Breland 6-3 Sr F North Carolina ACC
Elena Delle Donne 6-5 So G/F Delaware CAA
Skylar Diggins 5-9 So G Notre Dame Big East
Jasmine Dixon 6-0 Jr F UCLA PAC 10
Victoria Dunlap 6-1 Sr F Kentucky SEC
Dawn Evans 5-7 Sr G James Madison CAA
Brittney Griner 6-8 So C Baylor Big 12
Amber Harris 6-5 Sr F Xavier Atlantic 10
Tiffany Hayes 5-10 Jr G Connecticut Big East
Shenise Johnson 5-11 Jr G Miami ACC
Jantel Lavender 6-4 Sr C Ohio State Big 10
Italee Lucas 5-8 Sr G North Carolina ACC
Maya Moore 6-0 Sr F Connecticut Big East
Deirdre Naughton 5-10 Sr G DePaul Big East
Nnemkadi Ogwumike 6-2 Jr F Stanford PAC 10
Kayla Pederson 6-4 Jr F Stanford PAC 10
Ta'Shia Phillips 6-6 Sr C Xavier Atlantic 10
Samantha Prahalis 5-7 Jr G Ohio State Big 10
Lauren Prochaska 5-11 Sr G/F Bowling Green Mid-American
Chastity Reed 6-1 Sr F Arkansas Little Rock Sun Belt
Danielle Robinson 5-9 Sr G Oklahoma Big 12
Sugar Rodgers 5-11 So G Georgetown Big East
Shekinna Stricklen 6-2 Sr G/F Tennessee SEC
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