Updated at 7:31 p.m., Thursday, February 1, 2007
Chaminade's Whiting one of 17 Cousy Award finalists
Advertiser Staff
Chaminade senior Zack Whiting was named one of 17 finalists Thursday for the Bob Cousy Award given to the nation's top point guard.Whiting, who is 6 feet 4 and 205 pounds, is one of two Division II players among the finalists, which includes 13 Division I players. Two Division III players also are finalists.
Whiting, of Chico, Calif., is averaging more than 20 points per game this season.
A committee comprised of members of the College Sports Information Directors of America selected the finalists.
The winner will be chosen by a committee, including Cousy, fellow Hall of Famers Lute Olson and Jim Calhoun, college coaches, media, basketball experts and celebrities. The public also will get to vote at www.cousyaward.com.
The winner will be announced at the men's Final Four on April 2.
The finalists for the Bob Cousy Award presented by the Hartford:
Division I: Bobby Brown ( Cal State Fullerton), Darren Collison (UCLA), Levance Fields (Pittsburgh), Taurean Green (Florida), Dominic James (Marquette), Jared Jordan (Marist), Acie Law (Texas A&M), Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Russell Robinson (Kansas), Ramon Sessions (Nevada), Sean Singletary (Virginia), Mustafa Shakur (Arizona), Ronald Steele (Alabama). Division II: Anthony Atkinson (Barton), Zack Whiting (Chaminade). Division III: Andrew Olson (Amherst), David Arsenault (Grinnell).
