Hartley and Mosqueda-Lewis Named To Wooden Midseason Top 20
Breanna Stewart Named 2011 Female Athlete Of The Year

Jan. 27, 2012

STORRS, Conn. – The John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 was announced today by The Los Angeles Athletic Club on the nationally recognized “Women’s Sports Central” podcast, hosted by women’s basketball experts Brenda VanLengen and Mechelle Voepel. No. 3 UConn has two Huskies named to the midseason list with sophomore guard Bria Hartley and freshman forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis earning the honor.

Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the list is made up of 20 student-athletes who, based on their performances in November, December, and January, are the frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor.

Hartley is currently the third leading scorer for Connecticut averaging 14.9 points per game and is second on the team in assists with 4.1 per game.

BIG EAST Preseason Freshman of the Year, Mosqueda-Lewis, has been stellar thus far in her young career as she currently is the second leading scorer for the Huskies with 15 points per game and leads the team with 52 made three-pointers. Mosqueda-Lewis, one of two freshman on the Top 20, has brought home six BIG EAST Freshman of the Week accolades.

The 36th annual Wooden Award Gala, will take place on Friday, April 6, 2012, and will honor winners, All Americans and the Legends of Coaching winner UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma.

Meanwhile, on Friday afternoon, USA Basketball announced that future Husky Breanna Stewart was named the 2011 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year. Stewart will join the Huskies as a freshman for the 2012-13 campaign.

As a member of the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team, Stewart averaged team-highs of 11.2 points and 7.3 rebounds to help Team USA to a 7-1 record and a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Chile.

"It is exciting because this is a pretty big award," Stewart said. "I'm just honored to be thought of as USA Basketball's Female Athlete of the Year."

The Syracuse, N.Y. native was the Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2011 and has played four varsity seasons at Cicero-North Syracuse High School (N.Y.), where she has competed in 93 games and compiled 1,668 points, 996 rebounds, 220 assists, 219 steals and 515 blocks heading into her senior season.

  

2011-12 John R. Wooden Award Women’s
Midseason Top 20 List

Name		Ht.	Yr.	Pos.	University	Conference
Alex	Bentley	5-7	Jr.	G	Penn State	Big Ten
Elena	Delle Donne	6-5	Jr.	F/G	Delaware	CAA
Skylar	Diggins	5-9	Jr.	G	Notre Dame	Big East
Shante	Evans	6-0	Jr.	F	Hofstra	CAA
Brittney	Griner*	6-8	Jr.	C	Baylor	Big 12
Bria	Hartley	5-7	So.	G	Connecticut	Big East
Glory	Johnson	6-3	GS	F	Tennessee	SEC
Shenise	Johnson	5-11	Sr.	G	Miami	ACC
A’dia	Mathies	5-9	Jr.	G	Kentucky	SEC
Kaleena	Mosqueda-Lewis	6-0	Fr.	F	Connecticut	Big East
Natalie	Novosel	5-11	Sr.	G	Notre Dame	Big East
Chiney	Ogwumike	6-3	So.	F	Stanford	Pac-12
Nneka	Ogwumike*	6-2	Sr.	F	Stanford	Pac-12
Samantha	Prahalis	5-7	Sr.	G	Ohio State	Big Ten
Sugar	Rodgers	5-11	Jr.	G	Georgetown	Big East
Odyssey	Sims	5-9	So.	G	Baylor	Big 12
Shekinna	Stricklen	6-2	Sr.	G/F	Tennessee	SEC
Alyssa	Thomas	6-2	So.	F	Maryland	ACC
Elizabeth	Williams	6-3	Fr.	C	Duke	ACC
Riquna	Williams	5-7	Sr.	G	Miami	ACC

 

(Players listed alphabetically.)

*indicates player was 2011 Wooden Award All American
GS indicates Graduate student