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The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men’s and women’s college basketball players. The program consists of the men’s and women’s Player of the Year awards the Legends of Coaching award and recognizes the All–America Teams. The awards given by the Los Angeles Athletic Club are named in honor of John Wooden the 1932 national collegiate basketball player of the year from Purdue. Wooden later taught and coached men’s basketball at Indiana State and UCLA.
