North Carolina State University Athletics
Stansbury Named to Preseason "Wade Watch" List
8/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Aug. 17, 2005
ATLANTA - Senior All-America candidate Tiffany Stansbury has been named to the 28th Annual State Farm Wade Trophy preseason list. The Philadelphia native is one of seven Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes represented on the list, the most of any conference in the nation. NC State has seen seven of its own former women's basketball players named as a finalist and in 2003-04 Kaayla Chones was also named to the preseason candidate group.
Stansbury returns this season as the team's leading scorer and rebounder from a year ago. She was a second team All-ACC honoree and was selected to participate in the USA Basketball Women's National Team tryouts this past summer.
A national awards committee consisting of leading basketball coaches, journalists and basketball administrators announced its preseason list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year Wednesday, Aug. 17. The list is comprised of 25 student-athletes who are members of an NCAA Division I institution and are selected based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
The 2006 State Farm Wade Trophy winner will be announced during the WBCA National Convention held in conjunction with the NCAA Women's Final Four in Boston, Mass., March 31-April 4, 2006.
"The 2005-2006 State Farm Wade Trophy preseason list is an example of the top-notch athletes that contribute to making each collegiate basketball game an exciting new experience," said Jeanne Lenti Ponsetto, Chair of the State Farm Wade Trophy Committee and Athletic Director at DePaul University. "These 25 student-athletes represent the most outstanding players on and off the court and we look forward to another outstanding year of women's basketball."
The State Farm Wade Trophy is named after the late, legendary three-time national champion Delta State University coach, Lily Margaret Wade, debuted in 1978 as the first-ever women's national player of the year award in college basketball. This most prestigious award, regarded as the "Heisman of Women's Basketball", is organized by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in conjunction with the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS).
Last year's State Farm Wade Trophy recipient was Seimone Augustus (Louisiana State University). The first recipient of the Wade Trophy was Carol Blazejowski of Montclair State in 1978. Other Wade Trophy/NCAA Division I Player of the Year recipients include many WNBA standouts such as Teresa Weatherspoon (1988), Jennifer Azzi (1990), Ticha Penicheiro (1998), Sue Bird (2002), Diana Taurasi (2003) and Cheryl Miller (1985), in addition to, two-time winner Nancy Lieberman (1979 and 1980).
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