UK’s Epps, Louisville’s Durr make Wooden midseason watch list
Kentucky senior Makayla Epps and Louisville sophomore Asia Durr were among 25 players named Wednesday to the midseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award.
The award is presented annually to college basketball’s most outstanding men’s and women’s players.
Epps, who has scored 1,479 career points to rank 12th on UK’s all-time scoring list, is averaging a team-best 17.0 points per game this season and leads the Wildcats with 62 assists.
Durr is the leading scorer for ninth-ranked Louisville, averaging 17.3 points per game.
Also making the watch list was Owensboro native Rebecca Greenwell, who plays for Duke.
The leading candidates will be pared to 20 top players in early February. The top 15 will be submitted to voters on the final ballot prior to the NCAA Tournament. The 10-player Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wooden Award will be presented April 7.
Wooden Award midseason watch list
Name | School | Conference | Height | Class | Position |
Lindsay Allen | Notre Dame | ACC | 5-8 | Sr. | G |
Kristine Anigwe | California | Pac-12 | 6-4 | So. | C/F |
Jordin Canada | UCLA | Pac-12 | 5-6 | Jr. | G |
Alaina Coates | South Carolina | SEC | 6-4 | Sr. | C |
Nia Coffey | Northwestern | Big Ten | 6-1 | Sr. | F |
Napheesa Collier | Connecticut | The American | 6-1 | So. | F |
Nina Davis | Baylor | Big 12 | 5-11 | Sr. | F |
Asia Durr | Louisville | ACC | 5-10 | So. | G |
Makayla Epps | Kentucky | SEC | 5-10 | Sr. | G |
Rebecca Greenwell | Duke | ACC | 6-1 | Jr. | G |
Jessica January | DePaul | Big East | 5-7 | Sr. | G |
Alexis Jones | Baylor | Big 12 | 5-9 | Sr. | G |
Brionna Jones | Maryland | Big Ten | 6-3 | Sr. | C |
Erica McCall | Stanford | Pac-12 | 6-3 | Sr. | F |
Kelsey Mitchell | Ohio State | Big Ten | 5-8 | Jr. | G |
Kia Nurse | Connecticut | The American | 6-0 | Jr. | G |
Alexis Peterson | Syracuse | ACC | 5-7 | Sr. | G |
Kelsey Plum | Washington | Pac-12 | 5-8 | Sr. | G |
Leticia Romero | Florida State | ACC | 5-8 | Sr. | G |
Katie Lou Samuelson | Connecticut | The American | 6-3 | So. | G/F |
Brianna Turner | Notre Dame | ACC | 6-3 | Jr. | F |
Victoria Vivians | Mississippi State | SEC | 6-1 | Jr. | G |
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | Maryland | Big Ten | 5-11 | Sr. | G |
Sydney Wiese | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 6-1 | Sr. | G |
A’ja Wilson | South Carolina | SEC | 6-5 | Jr. | F |
This story was originally published January 12, 2017 at 1:15 PM with the headline "UK’s Epps, Louisville’s Durr make Wooden midseason watch list."