Women's Hoops Blog

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Monday, March 29, 2010

You need a stop. Who're you gonna call? Monica Wright!

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has selected University of Virginia’s Monica Wright as the WBCA National Defensive Player of the Year. The WBCA Defensive Player of the Year award honors the best defensive collegiate NCAA Division I women’s basketball player. All Division I Conference Defensive Player’s of the Year are eligible to be nominated for the award and the selection committee makes the final decision on the winner. If a conference does not select a defensive player of the year, the conference representative can select one player to be considered.

“When asked, I think many coaches would say that ‘defense wins games,’ and with that said I am proud to present Monica Wright with the Defensive Player of the Year award,” said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. “I enjoy being able to honor student-athletes for their play on the defensive side of the game, which sometimes may get overlooked.”