Hokie ClubLos Angeles, Calif. – Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 30 list, announced today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club. The list is comprised of 30 student-athletes who, based on their performances in November and December, are the early frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor.
Delaney, a senior from Balitmore, Maryland, leads the Hokies in scoring this season and is second in scoring in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He led the Hokies in scoring in each of the last two seasons and is currently fifth in career scoring at Virginia Tech and fourth in career assists at the school. He is also the career leader in free throw percentage at Tech.
Delaney was a unanimous first team All-ACC selection as a junior and was named a fourth-team All-American by Sporting News. His 667 points scored last season is the seventh-best single-season scoring total in Virginia Tech history.
Delaney is one of five ACC players on the 30 man list. Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award is the most prestigious individual honor in college basketball. Ohio State’s Evan Turner won the award in 2010.
The national Wooden Award ballot consists of approximately 20 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA. The official voting ballot will be released in March. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced the week of the “Elite Eight” round during the NCAA Tournament.
The 35th annual Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the announcement of the Men’s and Women’s Wooden Award winners, a special tribute to Coach Wooden and Wooden Award founder Duke Llewellyn, and the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will take place the weekend of April 8-10, 2011.