College basketball award named after Sooner legend Wayman Tisdale
OKLAHOMA CITY — A new award for the top freshman in college basketball is being named for the late OU great Wayman Tisdale.
Organizers of the Wayman Tisdale Award say it will be presented each year to the freshman selected by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Tisdale died in Tulsa in May 2009 of cancer. He was a three-time All-American at OU before leaving after his junior season for a 12-year NBA career. He also was a member of the United States' gold-winning 1984 Olympic team.
Organizers say Tisdale's widow — Regina — is aware and "very receptive" of the award.
Affiliates
Big 12 student media
The Oklahoma Daily is pleased to provide you the opportunity to share your thoughts about this article. We encourage lively debate on the issues of the day, but we ask you refrain from using profanity or other offensive speech, engaging in personal attacks or name-calling, posting advertising, or straying from the topic at hand. To comment, you must be a registered user of OUDaily.com. Thanks for taking the time to offer your thoughts.
You must be logged in to leave a comment. Log in | Register