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The University of Utah Athletics
Smith Named Preseason Candidate for Wooden Award
8/18/2005 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Aug. 18, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY - After tallying ballots of the National Advisory Board, the John R. Wooden Award hs announced the top 30 preseason candidates for the 2005-06 Women's Wooden Award presented by Applied Materials. University of Utah senior forward Kim Smith (Mission, B.C.) is one of the 30 players who are listed as preseason candidates for one of the most prestigious awards in collegiate women's basketball.
The list is composed of 30 student athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball's most coveted trophy. These top 30 candidates are comprised of returning players, although transfers, freshmen and other players who excel throughout the season will be evaluated and considered for both the Midseason top 20 list and the National Ballot.
"The Committee had an incredibly difficult task in narrowing down the nation's top 30 women's players," said Mike Solum, director of the Wooden Award. "This list represents the elite of college basketball, and our entire team at the Wooden Award is excited to see the best players in the nation prove their case as basketball's player of the year."
Smith's inclusion on the preseason list marks the second consecutive year that she has been identified as one of the top 30 players in the nation. She is the only Mountain West Conference player on the Wooden Award preseason list.
Smith is a three-time Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and has earned All-America honors in each of her first three seasons with Utah. Last season, Smith broke the Utes' single-season scoring record. She is on pace to become the Utes' all-time leading scorer by the end of this season and currently ranks No. 5 in career scoring.
Utah was 26-8 last season, won a share of the Mountain West Conference regular season championship and advanced the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Smith averaged 17.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game last season, leading the MWC in both categories.
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