Temple University Athletics
DUPREE SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR THE 2006 STATE FARM WADE TROPHY
3.9.06 | Women's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA- Senior All-America candidate Candice Dupree has been selected as one of the finalists for the WBCA State Farm Wade Trophy. Comprised of 12 Division I student-athletes, the list was compiled by a national awards committee of leading basketball coaches, journalists and basketball administrators. Athletes were selected based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. Dupree was named to the preseason Wade Watch List.
Members of the committee will select the winner of The State Farm Wade Trophy from the 10-member Division I Kodak All-America Team and will be announced at the Kodak/WBCA All-America Team Press Conference and The State Farm Wade Trophy Announcement during the WBCA National Convention on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 9:45 a.m. (ET). Although 12 players have been recognized, other players are still eligible to be considered for The State Farm Wade Trophy.
Dupree repeated as the Atlantic 10 Player and Defensive Player of the Year as well as the Most Outstanding Player of the 2006 A-10 Tournament in leading #18 Temple to its third straight A-10 title. She is just the fifth person in A-10 history to repeat as Player of the Year and the first since SJU's Dale Hodges in 1989 and 1990. Marilyn Stephens is the only other Temple player that has earned back to back honors, taking home the award in 1983 and 1984. She is the first player ever to earn both Player and Defensive Player awards since the Defensive award was started in 1996-97 and she has accomplished that feat two years in a row.Dupree is just the second player in A-10 history to earn MOP honors three times (2004, 2005, 2006) and the only player to win it outright in all three years. Rutgers' Sue Wicks was voted the MOP outright in 1986 and in 1988 and the Co-MOP in 1987.
She leads the Owls in scoring (17.6) and (8.7) The Tampa, FL, native finished the A-10 season with 11 double-doubles en route to earning four A-10 Player of the Week honors and is shooting an impressive 51% from the floor. She led the 18th-ranked Owls to their third straight 20-win season with a 24-7 mark and helped the Owls to two wins over ranked programs, including a 48-47 victory over then-#9 Rutgers in Temple's first-ever win over a top 10 program on Jan. 19. A Naismith Award finalist, Dupree also First-Team All-Conference honors. She also leads the league and the team in blocks (2.36)
