Johnson Finishes Third In Wooden Award Voting
4/10/2010 12:01:05 PM | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES -- Syracuse junior Wes Johnson finished third in the voting for the prestigious John R. Wooden Award. Ohio State's Evan Turner received the award, presented at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 9.
Johnson, a consensus All-American, averaged a squad-best 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. He helped the Orange to a 30-5 overall record and the BIG EAST Conference regular-season championship. Syracuse was ranked as high as first in the national polls during the campaign and advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament.
Ballotting by more than 1,000 members of the media and college basketball experts was conducted during the weekend of the NCAA Tournament's "Elite Eight." Voters selected 10 players for the John R. Wooden Award All-American Team from the 27 student-athletes listed on the ballot, and ranked them from one to 10. Voters were asked to take into account performance during the regular season and postseason, as well as a player's character and academic record. All players on the ballot were certified as maintaining a 2.0 grade-point average at their current school, including the most recent semester.
Johnson had 1,871 votes and placed behind Turner (3,715), a junior, and freshman John Wall of Kentucky (3,331).
