Julius Page Named Preseason Wooden All-America Candidate

8/6/2003

Big East leads conferences with 11 selections, Page is one of 50 student-athletes nationwide selected to prestigious list

Julius Page returns to the Panthers for his senior season.

PITTSBURGH?University of Pittsburgh senior Julius Page was named one of 50 preseason basketball All America candidates Wednesday by the John R. Wooden Award committee.

The top-50 candidates have been selected based on last year?s individual performance and team records.  The Wooden Award committee will release its Midseason Top 30 on CBS Sports in mid January.  The list will be narrowed to a 10-player Wooden All-America Team announced on March 30, 2004.  One member of the Wooden Award All-America Team will be selected on April 10, 2004 as the recipient of the Wooden Award Trophy as the nation?s ?Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player of the Year.?

Last year, Pittsburgh?s Brandin Knight was named to the 10-player Wooden All-America Team.

The Big East Conference led the nation with 11 nominees followed by the Big 12 (10), Pacific 10 (seven), Big 10 (five) and ACC (five).

Named a consensus All-District and All-Big East selection in 2002-03, Page returns for his senior season after leading the Panthers in scoring (12.2 ppg.).  He netted double figures in 25 of 32 games, hit 48 percent of his field goal attempts (144-295), connected on 54 of 146 three-pointers and averaged 3.4 rebounds per game.  In his three-year career, the six-foot-three-inch guard has started 92 of 100 games played, scored 1,116 points, hit 154 three pointers and averaged 3.0 rebounds.

Pittsburgh and head coach Jamie Dixon returns two of its five starters-- Julius Page and Jaron Brown?and six of its top nine letterwinners from the 2002-03 squad.  Last year, the Panthers finished 28-5, won the school?s first-ever Big East Tournament title, captured its second straight Big East West title and appeared in the NCAA?s Sweet Sixteen for the second consecutive season.

For more information on the Wooden Award, visit its website, WoodenAward.com.

2003-04 PRESEASON TOP-50 WOODEN ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES

Player

Height

Cl.

Pos.

School

Andre Barrett

5-10

Sr.

Seton Hall

Kevin Bookout

6-8

So.

Oklahoma

Dee Brown

5-11

So.

Illinois

Josh Childress

6-8

Jr.

Stanford

Paul Davis

6-11

So.

Michigan State

Travis Diener

6-1

Jr.

Marquette

Ike Diogu

6-8

So.

Arizona State

Chris Duhon

6-1

Sr.

Duke

Andre Emmett

6-5

Sr.

Texas Tech

Raymond Felton

6-0

So.

North Carolina

Gerald Fitch

6-3

Sr.

Kentucky

Luis Flores

6-2

Sr.

Manhattan

Torin Francis

6-10

So.

F/C

Notre Dame

Matt Freije

6-9

Sr.

Vanderbilt

Channing Frye

6-10

Jr.

Arizona

Francisco Garcia

6-10

Jr.

Louisville

Ryan Gomes

6-8

Jr.

Providence

Ben Gordon

6-2

Jr.

Connecticut

David Harrison

7-0

Jr.

Colorado

Chris Hill

6-3

Jr.

Michigan State

Julius Hodge

6-6

Jr.

North Carolina State

Daniel Horton

6-3

So.

Michigan

Luke Jackson

6-7

Sr.

Oregon

Arthur Johnson

6-9

Sr.

Missouri

Keith Langford

6-4

Jr.

Kansas

David Lee

6-8

Jr.

Florida

Jason Maxiell

6-7

Sr.

Cincinnati

Rashad McCants

6-3

So.

North Carolina

Gerry McNamara

6-2

So.

Syracuse

Marcus Moore

6-3

Sr.

Washington State

Brandon Mouton

6-4

Sr.

Texas

Jameer Nelson

6-1

Sr.

St. Joseph?s

Emeka Okafor

6-9

Jr.

F/C

Connecticut

JULIUS PAGE

6-3

Sr.

PITTSBURGH

Rickey Paulding

6-5

Sr.

Missouri

J.J. Redick

6-4

So.

Duke

Darius Rice

6-10

Sr.

Miami

Lawrence Roberts

6-9

Baylor

Romain Sato

6-5

Sr.

Xavier

Wayne Simien

6-8

Jr.

Kansas

Craig Smith

6-7

So.

Boston College

Blake Stepp

6-4

Sr.

Gonzaga

Salim Stoudamire

6-1

Jr.

Arizona

Amit Tamir

6-10

Jr.

F/C

California

Chris Thomas

6-1

Jr.

Notre Dame

James Thomas

6-8

Sr.

Texas

Cory Violette

6-8

Sr.

F/C

Gonzaga

Matt Walsh

6-6

So.

Florida

Hakim Warrick

6-9

Jr.

Syracuse

Bracey Wright

6-3

So.

Indiana

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Julius Page Named Preseason Wooden All-America Candidate

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