The Wooden Award sent out the list of 30 players on its preseason watch list and UConn teammates Moriah Jefferson, Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck were among the candidates as is former Hillhouse High star Bria Holmes, a senior guard at West Virginia.

Stewart won the award last season while UConn and South Carolina (Tiffany Mitchell, Alaina Coates and A'ja Wilson) are the only teams with three players on the list.

Here is the list

Lindsay Allen 5-8 Jr. G Notre Dame
Jillian Alleyne 6-3 Sr. F Oregon
Ameryst Alston 5-9 Sr. G Ohio State
Adut Bulgak 6-4 Sr. C Florida State
Alaina Coates 6-4 Jr. C South Carolina
Nia Coffey 6-1 Jr. F Northwestern
Nina Davis 5-11 Jr. F Baylor
Diamond DeShields 6-1 Soph. G Tennessee
Rebecca Greenwell 6-1 Soph. G Duke
Bria Holmes 6-1 Sr. G West Virginia
Moriah Jefferson 5-7 Sr. G ConnecticutNiya Johnson 5-8 Sr. G Baylor
Brionna Jones 6-3 Jr. C Maryland
Jonquel Jones 6-4 Sr. F George Washington
Kelsey Mitchell 5-8 Soph. G Ohio State
Tiffany Mitchell 5-9 Sr. G South Carolina
Kelsey Plum 5-8 Jr. G Washington
Aerial Powers 6-0 Jr. F Michigan State
Leticia Romero 5-8 Jr. G Florida State
Azurá Stevens 6-6 Soph. F/G Duke
Breanna Stewart 6-4 Sr. F ConnecticutLili Thompson 5-7 Jr. G Stanford
Morgan Tuck 6-2 Jr. F ConnecticutBrianna Turner 6-3 Soph. F Notre Dame
Victoria Vivians 6-1 Soph. F Mississippi State
Courtney Walker 5-8 Sr. G Texas A&M 
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough 5-11 Jr. G Maryland
Courtney Williams 5-8 Sr. G South Florida
Courtney Williams 6-1 Sr. F/G Texas A&M
A’ja Wilson 6-5 Soph. F South Carolina