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Dedric Lawson Named to Wayman Tisdale Award Watch List
Jan 08, 2016 | Men's Basketball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - University of Memphis freshman Dedric Lawson was recently named to the Wayman Tisdale Award watch list, an award given to the top freshman in the country by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
The late Wayman Tisdale was a three-time USBWA All-American at the University of Oklahoma. Following a stint on the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, he played 12 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 1997 to focus on a blossoming jazz music career. In March 2007, he was diagnosed with cancer and, following a courageous and difficult battle that included the amputation of his right leg in 2008, he passed away in May 2009.
The Integris Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award is produced by Access Sports, an Oklahoma City-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to supporting various charitable causes, including funding prosthetic devices for needy individuals through the Wayman L. Tisdale Foundation, educational scholarships through the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, and funding of youth basketball programs throughout the state of Oklahoma through Wayman's Lightning Basketball League.
A Memphis Tiger - Tyreke Evans - won the award in 2009, and other award winners include Jabari Parker, Anthony Davis, Michael Beasley, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Larry Hughes, Jason Kidd, Chris Weber, and Kenny Anderson.
Lawson leads the Tigers in scoring (14.5) and rebounding (8.8), is tied for the team lead in blocked shots (29), and is second in assists (31) and steals (19).
The Tigers are 10-4 on the season, and have a 6 p.m. CT game against No. 23 UConn in Storrs, Connecticut.
The late Wayman Tisdale was a three-time USBWA All-American at the University of Oklahoma. Following a stint on the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, he played 12 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 1997 to focus on a blossoming jazz music career. In March 2007, he was diagnosed with cancer and, following a courageous and difficult battle that included the amputation of his right leg in 2008, he passed away in May 2009.
The Integris Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award is produced by Access Sports, an Oklahoma City-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to supporting various charitable causes, including funding prosthetic devices for needy individuals through the Wayman L. Tisdale Foundation, educational scholarships through the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, and funding of youth basketball programs throughout the state of Oklahoma through Wayman's Lightning Basketball League.
A Memphis Tiger - Tyreke Evans - won the award in 2009, and other award winners include Jabari Parker, Anthony Davis, Michael Beasley, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Larry Hughes, Jason Kidd, Chris Weber, and Kenny Anderson.
Lawson leads the Tigers in scoring (14.5) and rebounding (8.8), is tied for the team lead in blocked shots (29), and is second in assists (31) and steals (19).
The Tigers are 10-4 on the season, and have a 6 p.m. CT game against No. 23 UConn in Storrs, Connecticut.
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