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August 20, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Aug. 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson was named to the Preseason Women's Wooden Award Watch List Thursday.
The 31-member watch list was announced by John R. Wooden Award Chairman and founder Richard "Duke" Llewellyn. The list of frontrunners for the national honor is based on last year's individual performance and team records. Transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts are not eligible for the preseason list.
Robinson, a junior from San Jose, Calif., returns to the Sooners after leading the team to its sixth Big 12 Championship and second Final Four appearance. During the summer, she guided Team USA to a gold medal at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.
Robinson averaged 12.9 points, 5.8 assists and 2.2 steals in 2008-09 and was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award for the nation's top point guard. Robinson set OU records for most consecutive free throws made (30) and most career double-digit assits games (six) as a sophomore.
Also included on the preseason list are Big 12 players Danielle McCray of Kansas, Andrea Riley of Oklahoma State and Ashley Sweat of Kansas State.
Oklahoma begins its season Nov. 13 against Mercer at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.
2009-10 John R. Wooden Award Women's Preseason List
| Name | Height | Class | Position | University | Conference |
| Jayne Appel | 6-4 | Sr. | F/C | Stanford | Pac-10 |
| Erica Beverly | 6-1 | Sr. | F | Hartford | America East |
| Angie Bjorklund | 6-1 | Jr. | G/F | Tennessee | SEC |
| Heather Bowman | 6-2 | Sr. | F | Gonzaga | West Coast |
| Jessica Breland* | 6-3 | Sr. | F | North Carolina | ACC |
| Tina Charles | 6-4 | Sr. | C | Connecticut | Big East |
| Alysha Clark | 5-10 | Sr. | F | Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt |
| Allyssa DeHaan | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Michigan State | Big Ten |
| Tyra Grant | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Penn State | Big Ten |
| Alexis Gray-Lawson | 5-8 | Sr. | G | California | Pac-10 |
| Allison Hightower | 5-10 | Sr. | G | Louisiana State | SEC |
| Ashley Houts | 5-6 | Sr. | G | Georgia | SEC |
| Ify Ibekwe | 6-1 | Jr. | F | Arizona | Pac-10 |
| Jantel Lavender | 6-4 | Jr. | C | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| Gabriela Marginean | 6-1 | Sr. | F | Drexel | CAA |
| Danielle McCray | 5-11 | Sr. | G/F | Kansas | Big 12 |
| Nicole Michael | 6-2 | Sr. | F | Syracuse | Big East |
| Jacinta Monroe | 6-4 | Sr. | F/C | Florida State | ACC |
| Maya Moore #$ | 6-1 | Jr. | F | Connecticut | Big East |
| Jené Morris | 5-9 | Sr. | G | San Diego State | Mountain West |
| Dierdre Naughton | 5-10 | Sr. | G | DePaul | Big East |
| Ta'Shia Phillips | 6-6 | Jr. | C | Xavier | Atlantic 10 |
| Jeanette Pohlen | 6-1 | Jr. | G | Stanford | Pac-10 |
| Samantha Prahalis | 5-7 | So. | G | Ohio State | Big Ten |
| Andrea Riley | 5-5 | Sr. | G | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
| Danielle Robinson | 5-9 | Jr. | G | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
| Jenna Smith | 6-3 | Sr. | C | Illinois | Big Ten |
| Ashley Sweat | 6-2 | Sr. | F | Kansas State | Big 12 |
| Carolyn Swords | 6-6 | Jr. | C | Boston College | ACC |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 5-8 | Jr. | G | Gonzaga | West Coast |
| Monica Wright | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Virginia | ACC |
*Possible 2010 medical redshirt # 2009 Wooden Award winner $ 2008 Wooden Award All-American