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Battle & Ubiles on Naismith Award Watch List

ALBANY - Penn State's Talor Battle (Bishop Maginn) and Siena's Edwin Ubiles are among the finalists on the Naismith Award Preseason Watch List.  The 50 names were released this morning.  Coaches, administrators, and journalists vote annually for the player of the year, which will be determined at the end of the season.

Battle averaged 16.7 ppg. last season as a sophomore for the Nittany Lions, while also setting the school's single season assist record.  The 6'0" junior is 1st team All-Big 10 Conference.

Ubiles is a 6'6" senior from Poughkeepsie who is 1st team All-MAAC.  He led the Saints last season with a 15.0 ppg average.

Here is the complete list:

NAISMITH TROPHY 2009-10 PRESEASON WATCH LIST

Solomon Alabi, Florida State
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Luke Babbitt, Nevada
Talor Battle, Penn State
Trevor Booker, Clemson
Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga
Craig Brackins, Iowa State
Avery Bradley, Texas
Kenny Boynton, Florida
Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia
Patrick Christopher, California
Sherron Collins, Kansas
Ed Davis, North Carolina
Devan Downey, South Carolina
Jerome Dyson, UConn
Devin Ebanks, West Virginia
Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Manny Harris, Michigan
Gordon Hayward, Butler
Lazar Hayward, Marquette
Xavier Henry, Kansas
Robbie Hummel, Purdue
Damion James, Texas
Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech
Kalin Lucas, Michigan State
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
Greg Monroe, Georgetown
A.J. Ogilvy, Vanderbilt
Patrick Patterson, Kentucky
Jerome Randle, California
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
Samardo Samuels, Louisville
Larry Sanders, VCU
Kyle Singler, Duke
Tyler Smith, Tennessee
Isaiah Thomas, Washington
Evan Turner, Ohio State
Edwin Ubiles, Siena
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
Kemba Walker, UConn
John Wall, Kentucky
Willie Warren, Oklahoma
Terrico White, Mississippi
Nic Wise, Arizona
Chris Wright, Dayton


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