 Delaware's
Slattery, Malcom on Watch List for
National Basketball
Awards
DATE:
February 22, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE,
NM -- University of Delaware senior
basketball standouts Mike Slattery (right)
and Tiara Malcom have each been named to
the "Watch Lists" for the third annual
Collegiate Basketball Award of Excellence
presented by Creamland Dairies.
Slattery,
a 5-11 guard from Philadelphia, PA
(Germantown Academy), is one of 25 players
on the men's list while Malcom, a 6-1
forward from Wilmington, DE (Caravel), is
one of 36 players on the women's list.
Delaware is one of only nine NCAA Division
I schools nationally to have both a men's
and women's player on the watch list.
The award
honors college seniors for their athletic
and academic achievement as well as their
community involvement. The award will be
presented at the end of the 2004-05
basketball season on April 12 at the
Albuquerque Marriott in Albuquerque, NM.
The nominees will be narrowed to 10
semifinalists on March 1 and three
finalists will then be named during the
NCAA basketball tournaments.
A
four-year starter at point guard Slattery
current averages 9.2 points per game and
leads the Colonial Athletic Association
and ranks 12th in NCAA I in assists per
game with 6.7 despite missing five games
earlier this season with a broken thumb. A
two-time All-CAA selection who has led the
league in assists each of the last two
seasons, has dished out 588 career assists
to rank No. 2 all-time at Delaware and No.
4 all-time in CAA history.
He also
needs just 30 points to reach 1,000
all-time in his career and could become
the first player in CAA history to reach
both 1,000 points and 600 assists in a
career. A sport management major who has
been active with Special Olympics, he was
a CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine District 2
All-Academic selection last season and is
a candidate again this year.
Malcom,
the pre-season CAA Player of the Year and
a two-time second team All-CAA selection,
currently leads Delaware in scoring (15.8
ppg) and rebounding (6.8 rpg) and has led
the Hens to a 20-4 record, a 17-game
winning streak, and a first place standing
in the league at 12-1. A four-time CAA
Player of the Week, she has recorded three
double-doubles this season and has scored
20 or more points five times.
She ranks
seventh on Delaware's all-time scoring
list with 1,396 points and needs just 36
more free throws to become the all-time
career leader in CAA history. She is
majoring in family and community services
with a concentration in families at-risk.
She has been active with the Greater
Newark Boys and Girls Club and is a
two-time CAA Dean Ehlers Leadership Award
nominee.
Joining
Slattery on the men's watch list are Lance
Allred (Weber State), Daniel Ewing (Duke),
Andrew Ford (Purdue), Craig Forth
(Syracuse), Channing Frye (Arizona), Luke
Spencer-Gardner (Oral Roberts), Ryan Gomes
(Providence), Joey Graham (Oklahoma
State), Stephen Graham (Oklahoma State),
Danny Granger (New Mexico), Chuck Hayes
(Kentucky), Pooh Jeter (Portland), Shema
Neza Mbyirukira (Birmingham-Southern),
Tyler McKinney (Creighton), Aaron Miles
(Kansas), Sean Munson (Wagner), Spencer
Nelson (Utah State), Roger Powell
(Illinois), Shane Power (Mississippi
State), Matt Preston (Columbia), Ronald
Ross Jr. (Texas Tech), Chris Thomas (Notre
Dame), Dijon Thompson (UCLA), and John
Turek (Nebraska).
Joining
Malcom on the women's watch list are Katie
Billie (Alabama-Birmingham), Courtney
Boynton (Lipscomb), Jamie Cavey (Iowa),
Liz Dancause (George Washington), Jessica
DePalo (Lehigh), Jessalyn Deveny (Boston
College), Kate Endress (Ball State), Katie
Feenstra (Liberty), Katie Flavin
(Richmond), Julie Gjertsen (Weber State),
Shareese Grant (Old Dominion), Laney
Harris (Furman), Becky Heidotten (Tulsa),
Katie Houlehan (Missouri-Kansas City),
Sandora Irvin (TCU), Erin Jaschik
(Columbia), Jina Johansen (Nebraska),
Kristin Keller (Marist), Jennifer Lacy
(Pepperdine), Nicole Lehman (Southwest
Missouri), Claudia Louis (Oral Roberts),
Anna Montanana (George Washington), Mandi
Moore (New Mexico), Tiffany Mor
(Wisconsin-Green Bay), Kay Odenwaeider
(Fairleigh Dickinson), Joann Overstreet
(Houston), Megan Roney (Missouri), Nina
Stone (Oklahoma State), Lauren Surber
(Siena), Beth Swink (St. Francis PA),
Kristal Tharp (Liberty), Kendra Wecker
(Kansas State), Dee-Dee Wheeler (Arizona),
Francesca Vanin (Northeastern), and Tan
White (Mississippi State).
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