Basketball Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Bob Cousy Award Candidates

• December 19, 2011
• Basketball Hall of Fame press release link

Springfield, Mass. – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts announced today the candidates for the 2012 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award. The annual honor, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes the top point guards in college basketball. Almost 60 candidates have been nominated for the 2012 Bob Cousy Award.

“The Hall of Fame is honored to be working with Mr. Cousy once again to present this prestigious award,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. “The list of candidates include the top players from across the country that have shown the same leadership, hard work and determination that Mr. Cousy exemplified on the court for many years. We are excited to honor his legacy with the winner of this year’s award.”

“Bob was an extraordinary all-around basketball player, he was a fierce competitor and a great leader,” said Ken Kaufman, Chair of the Bob Cousy Award and former president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). “With this award we want to continue to honor his legacy and make certain that the best collegiate point guards are appropriately recognized.”

This original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final twenty by January 1st, final ten by February 1st, and final five by March 1st. A premier Selection Committee will be appointed by the Hall of Fame to review the final five candidates in contention for the nation’s top collegiate point guard award. These 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 2012 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame’s Class Announcement on Championship Monday in New Orleans as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.

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), Greivis Vasquez (Maryland) and last year’s recipient Kemba Walker (Connecticut). For more information on the 2012 Bob Cousy, log onto www.CousyAward.com.

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2012 Bob Cousy Award Candidates:

Randy Davis, Ball State, Pierre Jackson, Baylor, Keegan Bell, Chattanooga, Andre Young, Clemson, Andrew Lawrence, College of Charleston, Brian Barbour, Columbia, Shabazz Napier, Connecticut, Chris Wroblewski, Cornell, Antoine Young, Creighton, JP Kuhlman, Davidson, Ray McCallum, Detroit, Seth Curry, Duke, TJ McConnell, Duquesne, Kenny Boynton, Florida, Erving Walker, Florida, Luke Loucks, Florida State, Jeff Peterson, Florida State, Tony Taylor, George Washington, James Fields, Georgia State, Brandyn Curry, Harvard, Scott Machado, Iona, Stephen Thomas, IUPUI, Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas, Marquis Teague, Kentucky, Tyreek Duren, La Salle, Mackey McKnight, Lehigh, Casper Ware, Long Beach State, Peyton Siva, Louisville, Damier Pitts, Marshall, Will Barton, Memphis, Joe Jackson, Memphis, Malcolm Grant, Miami, Trey Burke, Michigan, Kaylon Williams, Milwaukee, Dee Bost, Mississippi State, Mike Dixon, Missouri, Will Cherry, Montana, Kendall Williams, New Mexico, Kendall Marshall, North Carolina, Lorenzo Brown, NC State, Stallon Saldivar, Northern Arizona, Reggie Hamilton, Oakland, Aaron Craft, Ohio State, D.J. Cooper, Ohio University, Jared Cunningham, Oregon State, Tim Frazier, Penn State, Zack Rosen, Pennsylvania, Ashton Gibbs, Pittsburgh, Lewis Jackson, Purdue, Bryan Dougher, Stony Brook University, Scoop Jardine, Syracuse, Brandon Triche, Syracuse, Wil Peters, Tennessee State, Myck Kabongo, Texas, Dash Harris, Texas A&M, Hank Thorns, TCU, Will Weathers, Troy, Brad Tinsley, Vanderbilt, Maalik Wayns, Villanova, Erick Green, Virginia Tech, Abdul Gaddy, Washington, Tony Wroten, Washington, Trey Sumler, Western Carolina, Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin, Tu Holloway, Xavier.