Curry

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Davidson College junior guard Stephen Curry has been selected as one of 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award All-America Team and Player of the Year trophy, it was announced Friday by Richard “Duke” Llewellyn, Wooden Award Chairman and founder.

A 2008 Wooden Award All-American, Curry finished fourth in the country in scoring, averaging 25.9 points a contest a season ago. He set an NCAA record with 162 3-pointers and shot 43.9 percent from long distance while leading the Wildcats to the Midwest Regional final, where he was named the regional’s Most Outstanding Player. He scored 30 or more points in 11 contests, 40 or more points twice, 20 or more in 27 games and shot 48 percent from the floor.

Curry has also been named preseason All-America by The Associated Press, The Sporting News, Athlon Sports, Blue Ribbon Basketball and CollegeHoops.net. He was selected the Preseason Southern Conference Player of the Year in the league’s coaches poll.

In mid-January, the Wooden Award Committee will release the Midseason Top 30 list, followed in March by the National Ballot, consisting of approximately 20 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the “Elite Eight” round during the NCAA Tournament.

The 33rd annual Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the announcement of the Men’s and Women’s Wooden Award, and the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award to Rick Barnes from The University of Texas, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club in April, 2009.

The Wildcats return 11 lettermen, including four of their top six scorers and three starters from last year’s team. Davidson hosts Lenoir-Rhyne in an exhibition game Tuesday, Nov. 11, before opening the season against Guilford Friday, Nov. 14. Both those contests are in John M. Belk Arena.

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