Hokie ClubSPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney has been named a finalist for the 2011 Bob Cousy Award. Twenty student-athletes remain on the list for the award, which recognizes college basketball’s top point guard. The award is presented by The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
This original list of 66 players has been narrowed down to 20. A final 10 will be named by February 3rd, and final five by March 3rd. A Hall of Fame appointed screening committee will be narrowing down the candidates from 20 to 10 to 5 prior to a Blue Ribbon Selection Committee evaluating the final five candidates and ultimately choosing the winner. Both of the Hall of Fame committees are made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, Sports Information Directors and Hall of Famers. The winner of the 2011 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame’s Class Announcement on Monday April 4th in Houston as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.
Delaney, a senior from Baltimore, Maryland, led the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring as a junior during the 2009-10 season. He recorded 28 games of double-figure scoring last season, including 19 games of at least 20 points and five games of 30-or-more points. 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 and made free throws 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 will graduate in May with a degree in apparel, housing, resource management/consumer studies. He joins Duke’s Nolan Smith as the only ACC players on the list of 20 finalists.
Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award have included: Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph’s), Raymond Felton (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois), Acie Law (Texas A & M), DJ Augustin (Texas), Ty Lawson (North Carolina) and Greivis Vasquez (Maryland). For more information on the 2011 Bob Cousy Award, log onto www.cousyaward.com.