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Osborne Earns Spot on Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List
January 30, 2023 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Senior Charisma Osborne has been named to the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Late Season Top 20 Watch List as announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Monday.
Osborne is averaging a team-high 15.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. The 5'9" shooting guard averages 32.6 minutes per game and is shooting 80.7% from the free throw line.
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the Wooden Award list comprises of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. The ACC leads all conferences with five selections on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, followed by the Big Ten and Pac-12 with four each, the Big East and SEC with three selections each, and the Big 12 with one selection.
Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's 2022-23 Late Season Top 20
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. The ACC leads all conferences with five selections on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, followed by the Big Ten and Pac-12 with four each, the Big East and SEC with three selections each, and the Big 12 with one selection. The full top 20 is listed below.
* indicates player selected as 2021-22 Wooden Award All American
** indicates player selected as 2021-22 Wooden Award Winner
ABOUT THE JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All America Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legend of Coaching recipient. Honorees 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.
The Legends of Coaching Award will be presented to Coach Dawn Staley, the 2023 recipient, along with the Wooden Award Men's and Women's Players of the Year on April 7, 2023. For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.
Osborne is averaging a team-high 15.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. The 5'9" shooting guard averages 32.6 minutes per game and is shooting 80.7% from the free throw line.
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the Wooden Award list comprises of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. The ACC leads all conferences with five selections on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, followed by the Big Ten and Pac-12 with four each, the Big East and SEC with three selections each, and the Big 12 with one selection.
Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's 2022-23 Late Season Top 20
Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. The ACC leads all conferences with five selections on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, followed by the Big Ten and Pac-12 with four each, the Big East and SEC with three selections each, and the Big 12 with one selection. The full top 20 is listed below.
| NAME | SCHOOL | CONFERENCE | HEIGHT | CLASS | POSITION |
| Aliyah Boston** | South Carolina | SEC | 6-5 | Sr. | F |
| Cameron Brink | Stanford | Pac-12 | 6-4 | Jr. | F |
| Caitlin Clark* | Iowa | Big Ten | 6-0 | Jr. | G |
| Zia Cooke | South Carolina | SEC | 5-9 | Sr. | G |
| Monika Czinano | Iowa | Big Ten | 6-3 | Sr. | F/C |
| Aaliyah Edwards | Connecticut | Big East | 6-3 | Jr. | F |
| Mackenzie Holmes | Indiana | Big Ten | 6-3 | Sr. | F |
| Ashley Joens | Iowa State | Big 12 | 6-1 | Sr. | G/F |
| Haley Jones | Stanford | Pac-12 | 6-1 | Sr. | G |
| Deja Kelly | North Carolina | ACC | 5-8 | Jr. | G |
| Elizabeth Kitley | Virginia Tech | ACC | 6-6 | Sr. | C |
| Ta'Niya Latson | Florida State | ACC | 5-8 | Fr. | G |
| Olivia Miles | Notre Dame | ACC | 5-10 | So. | G |
| Diamond Miller | Maryland | Big Ten | 6-3 | Sr. | G |
| Aneesah Morrow | DePaul | Big East | 6-1 | So. | F |
| Charisma Osborne | UCLA | Pac-12 | 5-9 | Sr. | G |
| Alissa Pili | Utah | Pac-12 | 6-2 | Jr. | F |
| Angel Reese | LSU | SEC | 6-3 | So. | F |
| Maddy Siegrist | Villanova | Big East | 6-2 | Sr. | F |
| Hailey Van Lith | Louisville | ACC | 5-7 | Jr. | G |
* indicates player selected as 2021-22 Wooden Award All American
** indicates player selected as 2021-22 Wooden Award Winner
ABOUT THE JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All America Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legend of Coaching recipient. Honorees 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.
The Legends of Coaching Award will be presented to Coach Dawn Staley, the 2023 recipient, along with the Wooden Award Men's and Women's Players of the Year on April 7, 2023. For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.
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