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CHARLOTTESVILLEVirginia guard Sean Singletary (Philadelphia, Pa./The William Penn Charter School) is on the preseason lists for two of the most prestigious awards in college basketball. Singletary is one of the Top 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and is on the 50-player preseason watch list for the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T. Both awards honor the nation’s top collegiate player.

Singletary earned several All-America honors last season and was a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection for the second consecutive year in 2007.

Singletary finished the 2006-07 season with averages of 19.0 points, 4.7 assists and 4.6 rebounds a game. He led the Cavaliers in points (609, 19.0 ppg.), assists (151, 4.7 apg.), three-point field goals made (79, 2.47 a game), free throw percentage (.872, 190-218), steals (38, 1.2 spg.) and minutes played (1,064, 33.2 mpg.).

He ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in three-point field goals made (79, 2.47 a game) and free throw percentage (.872, 190-218), third in scoring (609 points, 19.0 ppg.), fifth in assists (151, 4.7 apg.) and 10th in minutes played (1,064, 33.2 mpg.).

Singletary is fifth on Virginia’s career three-point field goals made list (164), eighth on the career assists list (385), tied for 10th on the career steals list (140) and tied for 18th on the career points scored list (1,426 points).

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