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KK Deans, Madison Scott Recognized on Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist
11/7/2024 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Ole Miss women's basketball duo of KK Deans and Madison Scott have been named to the 2024-25 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 watchlist, the Los Angeles Athletic Club John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, announced on Thursday.
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team and Most Outstanding Player Award.
Ole Miss is one of only 14 teams across the nation to boast at least two players on the list. The Wooden Award All American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, will be presented at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 11, 2025.
Coming off a season ending knee injury, Deans is prepared to make her final year of collegiate basketball the best one yet. Transferring from Florida, Deans started in six games last year, averaging 3.8 assists and recording double-figure points in three games before she was injured. The graduate had a standout performance in the Rebels' opening matchup of the season, scoring a career-high 19 points in an Ole Miss jersey, along with three assists and rebounds, a piece.
The preseason accolades for Scott have been abundant this season, as she has been named to the First Team All-SEC team in the SEC coaches' poll, Second Team All-SEC for the SEC media poll, Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List and the Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List. In Ole Miss' first game of the year against USC, Scott tallied 14 points, five assists and four rebounds.
About the John R. Wooden Award®
Created in 1976, the Los Angeles Athletic Club John R. Wooden Award ProgramTM hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award® Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All AmericaTM Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award® Legend of Coaching recipient. Wooden Award® All Americans have proven to their university that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award® as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden
Award® Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), Tim Duncan ('97), Kevin Durant ('07), Candace Parker ('07; '08), Maya Moore ('09; '11), Breanna Stewart ('15; '16), and the last two year's ('23 &'24) recipients, Caitlin Clark of Iowa and Zach Edey of Purdue.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award® has made charitable gifts of nearly one million dollars in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award® partners with the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award® Special Olympics basketball day. The event brings together Special Olympics athletes and Wooden Award® All Americans and coaches in attendance. It is hosted at the Los Angeles Athletic Club during the John R. Wooden Award® Weekend.
Ole Miss will be back in action on Sunday, Nov. 10, to host its first matchup at the SJB Pavilion this season against Arkansas Pine Bluff. Tip on SEC Network+ is set for 2 p.m. CT.
New season and single-game tickets for the 2024-25 Ole Miss basketball season are on sale now. To purchase or learn more about buying season or single-game tickets for women's basketball, click here or contact the Ole Miss Athletics ticket office.
Follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on X at @YolettMcCuin.
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team and Most Outstanding Player Award.
Ole Miss is one of only 14 teams across the nation to boast at least two players on the list. The Wooden Award All American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, will be presented at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 11, 2025.
Coming off a season ending knee injury, Deans is prepared to make her final year of collegiate basketball the best one yet. Transferring from Florida, Deans started in six games last year, averaging 3.8 assists and recording double-figure points in three games before she was injured. The graduate had a standout performance in the Rebels' opening matchup of the season, scoring a career-high 19 points in an Ole Miss jersey, along with three assists and rebounds, a piece.
The preseason accolades for Scott have been abundant this season, as she has been named to the First Team All-SEC team in the SEC coaches' poll, Second Team All-SEC for the SEC media poll, Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List and the Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List. In Ole Miss' first game of the year against USC, Scott tallied 14 points, five assists and four rebounds.
About the John R. Wooden Award®
Created in 1976, the Los Angeles Athletic Club John R. Wooden Award ProgramTM hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award® Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All AmericaTM Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award® Legend of Coaching recipient. Wooden Award® All Americans have proven to their university that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award® as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden
Award® Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), Tim Duncan ('97), Kevin Durant ('07), Candace Parker ('07; '08), Maya Moore ('09; '11), Breanna Stewart ('15; '16), and the last two year's ('23 &'24) recipients, Caitlin Clark of Iowa and Zach Edey of Purdue.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award® has made charitable gifts of nearly one million dollars in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award® partners with the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award® Special Olympics basketball day. The event brings together Special Olympics athletes and Wooden Award® All Americans and coaches in attendance. It is hosted at the Los Angeles Athletic Club during the John R. Wooden Award® Weekend.
Ole Miss will be back in action on Sunday, Nov. 10, to host its first matchup at the SJB Pavilion this season against Arkansas Pine Bluff. Tip on SEC Network+ is set for 2 p.m. CT.
New season and single-game tickets for the 2024-25 Ole Miss basketball season are on sale now. To purchase or learn more about buying season or single-game tickets for women's basketball, click here or contact the Ole Miss Athletics ticket office.
Follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on X at @YolettMcCuin.
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