Feb. 25, 2010
Naismith Award press release and full list here 
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the 30 midseason candidates for the 2010 Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T with Gonzaga University women's basketball junior Courtney Vandersloot among those who made the cut. The prestigious Naismith Trophy is presented annually to college basketball's player of the Year. This year, the award will be presented at the NCAA Women's Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.
Prior to the season, Vandersloot was named to the 50-player watch list for the award and today the list was narrowed to 30 candidates based on player performances this season. The list was voted on by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, comprised of leading basketball journalists from around the country. Vandersloot was also a preseason candidate for the Wade Trophy Player of the Year Award, and the John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award and made the cut for the midseason John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award list earlier this year. As a presenting sponsor since 2005, AT&T has set the standard in fan participation in determining this year's winner. Through the power and ease of text messaging, fan voting will account for an unprecedented 25 percent of the final results - more than any other national college basketball award.
Beginning March 22, AT&T wireless customers - and sports fans on other wireless networks - will be able to text their votes for the player of their choice. Fans will be eligible to cast their vote for the winner until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 3, 2010. AT&T is making the voting open to other wireless carriers, allowing even more fans to participate. Other wireless carriers must opt-in for their subscribers to participate. Standard messaging rates apply.
Vandersloot has helped the Bulldogs to a 23-4 overall record and at least a share of their sixth-straight West Coast Conference regular season title with a perfect 12-0 mark. She became the West Coast Conference and Gonzaga all-time career assist leader this season, surpassing Amanda Rego's WCC leading mark of 659 set from 2004-08 at the University of San Diego and Shannon Mathews Zag mark of 600 set from 2002-05. Vandersloot has currently dished out 680. She also became the 14th player in Gonzaga history to eclipse 1,000 point plateau this season, having scored 1,285 to date which stands at 10th on the all-time scoring list.
The Kent, Wash., native currently ranks first in the nation in assists per game, averaging 9.3 and is second in the nation, and first in the West Coast Conference, in steals at 3.6 per contest. She also is 13th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.21, 68th in field goal percentage at 48.0 and 150th in scoring at 14.9 per contest.
For more information on the Naismith Award visit naismithawards.com.
