MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee senior women's basketball All-American Alysha Clark added two more accolades to her resume Tuesday when she was named a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and a nominee for the WBCA/State Farm Coaches' All-America All-Region 4 Team.

Clark was one of 22 to make the final cut for the Wooden Award, which is presented to the nation's top player. The 22 candidates on the ballots will be sent to a distinguished panel of voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from around the nation, to cast their votes for the Wooden Award All-American Team and Player of the Year.

All players on the ballots have proven to their universities that they are making progress toward graduation and are maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA. Clark is one of seven to make the final ballot for the second-straight season.

She also has earned a spot as one of six nominees from Region 4 for the WBCA/State Farm Coaches' All-American Team and one of 52 overall. The field will be trimmed to 40 finalists, who will then be in the running for the 10-member All-American squad.

While Clark was the only Sun Belt representative on the Wooden Award list, she is joined by UALR's Chastity Reed for the WBCA/State Farm honor.

The Blue Raider standout enters the NCAA Tournament as the nation's leading scorer with 28.7 ppg, a year after leading the country with 27.5 ppg. Her and the rest of her Middle Tennessee teammates have earned a No. 10 seed in the Dayton Region and will travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., to face No. 7 seed Mississippi State in First Round action at 1:30 p.m. Sunday live on ESPN.

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