Robinson on Wooden Watch List

Sooners' point guard named frontrunner for national award.

Danielle Robinson

Aug. 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson was named to the Preseason Women's Wooden Award Watch List Thursday.

The 31-member watch list was announced by John R. Wooden Award Chairman and founder Richard "Duke" Llewellyn. The list of frontrunners for the national honor is based on last year's individual performance and team records. Transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts are not eligible for the preseason list.

Robinson, a junior from San Jose, Calif., returns to the Sooners after leading the team to its sixth Big 12 Championship and second Final Four appearance. During the summer, she guided Team USA to a gold medal at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.

Robinson averaged 12.9 points, 5.8 assists and 2.2 steals in 2008-09 and was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award for the nation's top point guard. Robinson set OU records for most consecutive free throws made (30) and most career double-digit assits games (six) as a sophomore.

Also included on the preseason list are Big 12 players Danielle McCray of Kansas, Andrea Riley of Oklahoma State and Ashley Sweat of Kansas State.

Oklahoma begins its season Nov. 13 against Mercer at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

2009-10 John R. Wooden Award Women's Preseason List

Name	Height	Class	Position	University	Conference
Jayne Appel	6-4	Sr.	F/C	Stanford	Pac-10
Erica Beverly	6-1	Sr.	F	Hartford	America East
Angie Bjorklund	6-1	Jr.	G/F	Tennessee	SEC
Heather Bowman	6-2	Sr.	F	Gonzaga	West Coast
Jessica Breland*	6-3	Sr.	F	North Carolina	ACC
Tina Charles	6-4	Sr.	C	Connecticut	Big East
Alysha Clark	5-10	Sr.	F	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt
Allyssa DeHaan	6-9	Sr.	C	Michigan State	Big Ten
Tyra Grant	5-11	Sr.	G	Penn State	Big Ten
Alexis Gray-Lawson	5-8	Sr.	G	California	Pac-10
Allison Hightower	5-10	Sr.	G	Louisiana State	SEC
Ashley Houts	5-6	Sr.	G	Georgia	SEC
Ify Ibekwe	6-1	Jr.	F	Arizona	Pac-10
Jantel Lavender	6-4	Jr.	C	Ohio State	Big Ten
Gabriela Marginean	6-1	Sr.	F	Drexel	CAA
Danielle McCray	5-11	Sr.	G/F	Kansas	Big 12
Nicole Michael	6-2	Sr.	F	Syracuse	Big East
Jacinta Monroe	6-4	Sr.	F/C	Florida State	ACC
Maya Moore #$	6-1	Jr.	F	Connecticut	Big East
Jené Morris	5-9	Sr.	G	San Diego State	Mountain West
Dierdre Naughton	5-10	Sr.	G	DePaul	Big East
Ta‘Shia Phillips	6-6	Jr.	C	Xavier	Atlantic 10
Jeanette Pohlen	6-1	Jr.	G	Stanford	Pac-10
Samantha Prahalis	5-7	So.	G	Ohio State	Big Ten
Andrea Riley	5-5	Sr.	G	Oklahoma State	Big 12
Danielle Robinson	5-9	Jr.	G	Oklahoma	Big 12
Jenna Smith	6-3	Sr.	C	Illinois	Big Ten
Ashley Sweat	6-2	Sr.	F	Kansas State	Big 12
Carolyn Swords	6-6	Jr.	C	Boston College	ACC
Courtney Vandersloot	5-8	Jr.	G	Gonzaga	West Coast
Monica Wright	5-11	Sr.	G	Virginia	ACC

*Possible 2010 medical redshirt # 2009 Wooden Award winner $ 2008 Wooden Award All-American

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