Indiana University Athletics
Coverdale named to Wooden List
8/3/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
August 3, 2002
Bloomington, Ind. - Indiana senior guard Tom Coverdale has been named to the 2002-03 John R. Wooden Award Preseason All-American Team. The Wooden Award is college basketball's most prestigious honor, and Coverdale is listed among the top 50 preseason candidates.A national poll was conducted of The John R. Wooden Award Preseason Committee to determine the Top 50 Preseason Candidates. The candidates have been selected based on last year's individual performance and team records. Coverdale's former Hoosier teammate, Jared Jeffries, finished eighth in the 2001-02 Wooden Award balloting.
It has been a busy summer for Coverdale, who will compete on the Big Ten Foreign Tour Team that embarks on a five-game tour of Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium Aug. 8-18. The 6-2 Noblesville, Ind., native was the heart and soul of Indiana's 2002 national runners-up and Big Ten Co-championship team. The All-Big Ten second team selection was second on the team in scoring at 11.9 points per game and was also among the Big Ten leaders in assists (third, 4.81 per game) and steals (seventh, 1.54). In addition to earning NCAA South Regional MVP honors, Coverdale dished out 178 assists, the second-best single-season effort in IU history. His 70 three-pointers are fifth in the Hoosier single-season record book, and he needs 188 points to become the 37th member of Indiana's 1,000 career point club.
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