North Carolina State University Athletics
Costner Named to Pre-Season Wooden List
11/1/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Raleigh, N.C. NC State’s Brandon Costner has been named to the 2007-08 Wooden Award Pre-Season Watch List. The sophomore from Montclair, N.J., was one of 50 players named, and one of seven such players from the ACC.
Last season, Costner was named to the ACC All-Freshman team, and was also a third-team All-ACC selection. He was also a Freshman All-American according to collegeinsider.com, he earned third-team honors from collegehoops.net. The left-hander led all ACC freshmen throughout the year in both scoring (16.8) and rebounding (7.3), and was tops on NC State in both categories as well. He was just the seventh freshman in ACC history to lead his team in both scoring and rebounding in his rookie season.
The list is composed of 50 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 50 candidates are comprised of returning players. Transfers, freshmen, and medical redshirts are not eligible for this preseason list, but will be evaluated and considered for both the Midseason Top 30 list and the National Ballot. Players not on the preseason list are eligible for the midseason top 30 and ballot. Last year, Kevin Durant of the University of Texas was the first freshman to win the Wooden Award.
The Atlantic Coast Conference placed seven players on the 2007-08 pre-season Wooden Award watch list. The ACC was represented by Costner, North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson, Boston College’s Tyrese Rice, Duke’s DeMarcus Nelson, Maryland’s James Gist and Virginia’s Sean Singletary.
2007-08 Wooden Award Pre-Season Watch List:
Jeff Adrien F Jr. Connecticut
Ryan Anderson F So. California
D.J. Augustin G So. Texas
Patrick Beverley G So. Arkansas
Jon Brockman F Jr. Washington
Chase Budinger F So. Arizona
Jaycee Carroll G Sr. Utah State
Mario Chalmers G Jr. Kansas
Darren Collison G Jr. UCLA
Brandon Costner F So. NC State
Stephen Curry G So. Davidson
Eric Devendorf G Jr. Syracuse
Chris Douglas-Roberts G Jr. Memphis
Randal Falkner F Sr. Southern Illinois
Shan Foster G/F Sr. Vanderbilt
Taj Gibson F So. USC
James Gist F Sr. Maryland
Jamont Gordon G/F Jr. Mississippi State
Kentrell Gransberry C Sr. South Florida
A.J. Graves G Sr. Butler
Malik Hairston G Jr Oregon
Tyler Hansbrough* F Jr. North Carolina
Richard Hendrix F Jr. Alabama
Roy Hibbert C Sr. Georgetown
Dominic James G Jr. Marquette
Joseph Jones F/C Sr. Texas A&M
Marcelus Kemp G Sr. Nevada
Ty Lawson G So. North Carolina
Courtney Lee G/F Sr. Western Kentucky
Chris Lofton G Sr. Tennessee
Derrick Low G Sr. Washington State
Aleks Maric C Sr. Nebraska
Eric Maynor G Jr. VCU
Bo McCalebb G Sr. New Orleans
Drew Neitzel G Sr. Michigan State
DeMarcus Nelson G Sr. Duke
Jeremy Pargo G Jr. Gonzaga
Jeff Pendergraph F Jr. Arizona State
Scottie Reynolds G So. Villanova
Tyrese Rice G Jr. Boston College
Brandon Rush* G Jr. Kansas
Josh Shipp F Jr. UCLA
Sean Singletary G Sr. Virginia
Jason Thompson F Sr. Rider
Johnathan Wallace G Sr. Georgetown
Kyle Weaver G Sr. Washington State
D.J. White F Sr. Indiana
Reggie Williams F Sr. VMI
Terrence Williams F Jr. Louisville
Martin Zeno G Sr. Texas Tech
*denotes player was a 2006-07 Wooden Award All-American
Last season, Costner was named to the ACC All-Freshman team, and was also a third-team All-ACC selection. He was also a Freshman All-American according to collegeinsider.com, he earned third-team honors from collegehoops.net. The left-hander led all ACC freshmen throughout the year in both scoring (16.8) and rebounding (7.3), and was tops on NC State in both categories as well. He was just the seventh freshman in ACC history to lead his team in both scoring and rebounding in his rookie season.
The list is composed of 50 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 50 candidates are comprised of returning players. Transfers, freshmen, and medical redshirts are not eligible for this preseason list, but will be evaluated and considered for both the Midseason Top 30 list and the National Ballot. Players not on the preseason list are eligible for the midseason top 30 and ballot. Last year, Kevin Durant of the University of Texas was the first freshman to win the Wooden Award.
The Atlantic Coast Conference placed seven players on the 2007-08 pre-season Wooden Award watch list. The ACC was represented by Costner, North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson, Boston College’s Tyrese Rice, Duke’s DeMarcus Nelson, Maryland’s James Gist and Virginia’s Sean Singletary.
2007-08 Wooden Award Pre-Season Watch List:
Jeff Adrien F Jr. Connecticut
Ryan Anderson F So. California
D.J. Augustin G So. Texas
Patrick Beverley G So. Arkansas
Jon Brockman F Jr. Washington
Chase Budinger F So. Arizona
Jaycee Carroll G Sr. Utah State
Mario Chalmers G Jr. Kansas
Darren Collison G Jr. UCLA
Brandon Costner F So. NC State
Stephen Curry G So. Davidson
Eric Devendorf G Jr. Syracuse
Chris Douglas-Roberts G Jr. Memphis
Randal Falkner F Sr. Southern Illinois
Shan Foster G/F Sr. Vanderbilt
Taj Gibson F So. USC
James Gist F Sr. Maryland
Jamont Gordon G/F Jr. Mississippi State
Kentrell Gransberry C Sr. South Florida
A.J. Graves G Sr. Butler
Malik Hairston G Jr Oregon
Tyler Hansbrough* F Jr. North Carolina
Richard Hendrix F Jr. Alabama
Roy Hibbert C Sr. Georgetown
Dominic James G Jr. Marquette
Joseph Jones F/C Sr. Texas A&M
Marcelus Kemp G Sr. Nevada
Ty Lawson G So. North Carolina
Courtney Lee G/F Sr. Western Kentucky
Chris Lofton G Sr. Tennessee
Derrick Low G Sr. Washington State
Aleks Maric C Sr. Nebraska
Eric Maynor G Jr. VCU
Bo McCalebb G Sr. New Orleans
Drew Neitzel G Sr. Michigan State
DeMarcus Nelson G Sr. Duke
Jeremy Pargo G Jr. Gonzaga
Jeff Pendergraph F Jr. Arizona State
Scottie Reynolds G So. Villanova
Tyrese Rice G Jr. Boston College
Brandon Rush* G Jr. Kansas
Josh Shipp F Jr. UCLA
Sean Singletary G Sr. Virginia
Jason Thompson F Sr. Rider
Johnathan Wallace G Sr. Georgetown
Kyle Weaver G Sr. Washington State
D.J. White F Sr. Indiana
Reggie Williams F Sr. VMI
Terrence Williams F Jr. Louisville
Martin Zeno G Sr. Texas Tech
*denotes player was a 2006-07 Wooden Award All-American
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