Nov. 8, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona men's basketball player Solomon Hill has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top-50, announced today by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
The list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are under consideration for college basketball's player-of-the-year award.
A 6-foot-7, 220-pound senior forward from Los Angeles, Calif., Hill averaged 12.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game to go with a .500 (151-of-302) field goal percentage year. He scored in double figures 27 times, and had three 20-point games and 12 double-doubles to his credit.
He ranked 16th in the Pac-12 Conference in scoring, second in rebounding and 13th in field goal percentage. Hill was a first-team all-conference and NABC all-District 20 selection in 2011-12.
Hill scored a career-high 28 points on Jan. 28 vs. Washington. He is one of four Pac-12 players on the list.
In March, the National Ballot, consisting of approximately 20 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA, will go out to voters to select the winner, as well as the Wooden Award All-America team.
The 37th annual Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the announcement of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winner, and the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will take place the weekend of April 12-13, 2013.
The 11th-ranked Wildcats open the regular season on Sunday, Nov. 11, against Charleston Southern in McKale Center at 4 p.m. MST. The contest will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks.
2012-13 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50
Name
|
Height
|
Class
|
Position
|
University
|
Conference
|
|
Keith Appling
|
6-1
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Michigan State
|
Big Ten
|
|
Chane Behanan
|
6-6
|
So.
|
F
|
Louisville
|
Big East
|
|
Kenny Boynton
|
6-2
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Florida
|
SEC
|
|
Lorenzo Brown
|
6-5
|
Jr.
|
G
|
North Carolina State
|
ACC
|
|
Trey Burke
|
6-0
|
So.
|
G
|
Michigan
|
Big Ten
|
|
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
|
6-5
|
So.
|
G
|
Georgia
|
SEC
|
|
Isaiah Canaan
|
6-1
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Murray State
|
Ohio Valley
|
|
Jack Cooley
|
6-9
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Notre Dame
|
Big East
|
|
D.J. Cooper
|
6-0
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Ohio University
|
Mid-American
|
|
Vincent Council
|
6-2
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Providence
|
Big East
|
|
Allen Crabbe
|
6-6
|
Jr.
|
G
|
California
|
Pac-12
|
|
Aaron Craft
|
6-2
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Ohio State
|
Big Ten
|
|
Seth Curry
|
6-2
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Duke
|
ACC
|
|
Brandon Davies
|
6-9
|
Sr.
|
F
|
BYU
|
West Coast
|
|
Matthew Dellavedova
|
6-4
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Saint Mary's
|
West Coast
|
|
Gorgui Dieng
|
6-11
|
Jr.
|
C
|
Lousville
|
Big East
|
|
Jamaal Franklin
|
6-5
|
Jr.
|
G
|
San Diego State
|
Mountain West
|
|
Tim Frazier
|
6-1
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Penn State
|
Big Ten
|
|
Tim Hardaway, Jr.
|
6-6
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Michigan
|
Big Ten
|
|
Elias Harris
|
6-8
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Gonzaga
|
West Coast
|
|
Solomon Hill
|
6-7
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Arizona
|
Pac-12
|
|
Pierre Jackson
|
5-10
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Baylor
|
Big 12
|
|
Elijah Johnson
|
6-4
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Kansas
|
Big 12
|
|
Sean Kilpatrick
|
6-4
|
Jr.
|
G/F
|
Cincinnati
|
Big East
|
|
C.J. Leslie
|
6-9
|
Jr.
|
F
|
North Carolina State
|
ACC
|
|
James Michael McAdoo
|
6-9
|
So.
|
F
|
North Carolina
|
ACC
|
|
Ray McCallum
|
6-3
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Detroit
|
Horizon League
|
|
C.J. McCollum
|
6-3
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Lehigh
|
Patriot League
|
|
Doug McDermott*
|
6-8
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Creighton
|
Missouri Valley
|
|
Rodney McGruder
|
6-4
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Kansas State
|
Big 12
|
|
Tony Mitchell
|
6-8
|
So.
|
F
|
North Texas
|
Sun Belt
|
|
Mike Moser
|
6-8
|
Jr.
|
F
|
UNLV
|
Mountain West
|
|
Brock Motum
|
6-10
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Washington State
|
Pac-12
|
|
Le'Bryan Nash
|
6-7
|
So.
|
G/F
|
Oklahoma State
|
Big 12
|
|
Brandon Paul
|
6-4
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Illinois
|
Big Ten
|
|
Mason Plumlee
|
6-10
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Duke
|
ACC
|
|
Otto Porter
|
6-8
|
So.
|
F
|
Georgetown
|
Big East
|
|
Phil Pressey
|
5-11
|
Jr.
|
G
|
Missouri
|
SEC
|
|
André Roberson
|
6-7
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Colorado
|
Pac-12
|
|
Peyton Siva
|
6-0
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Louisville
|
Big East
|
|
Michael Snaer
|
6-5
|
Sr.
|
G
|
Florida State
|
ACC
|
|
Jarnell Stokes
|
6-8
|
So.
|
F
|
Tennessee
|
SEC
|
|
Adonis Thomas
|
6-7
|
So.
|
G/F
|
Memphis
|
Conference USA
|
|
Deshaun Thomas
|
6-7
|
Jr.
|
F
|
Ohio State
|
Big Ten
|
|
Christian Watford
|
6-9
|
Sr.
|
F
|
Indiana
|
Big Ten
|
|
Jeff Withey
|
7-0
|
Sr.
|
C
|
Kansas
|
Big 12
|
|
Nate Wolters
|
6-4
|
Sr.
|
G
|
South Dakota State
|
Summit League
|
|
B.J. Young
|
6-3
|
So.
|
G
|
Arkansas
|
SEC
|
|
Patric Young
|
6-9
|
Jr.
|
C
|
Florida
|
SEC
|
|
Cody Zeller
|
7-0
|
So.
|
F
|
Indiana
|
Big Ten
|
Players listed alphabetically *indicates player chosen to the 2012 Wooden All American Team
Tickets
Roster
Schedule
