RILEY NAMED THE 2010 NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD TOP POINT GUARD

DETROIT, MI, April 2, 2010 -- The Rotary Club of Detroit announced today that Oklahoma State senior Andrea Riley has been selected as the 2010 Nancy Lieberman Award winner.  The award recognizes the nation’s top collegiate point guard in women’s Division I basketball.  The criteria for the award are the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills that personified Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman during her career.   Sportswriters from across the country determined the award winner and finalists.

The three finalists (in alphabetical order) are:  Samantha Prahalis (Ohio State), Danielle Robinson (Oklahoma), and Courtney Vandersloot (Gonzaga). 

Riley, the 5-5 point guard, led the Big 12 averaging 26.7 points and 6.5 assists per game and was the nation’s second leading scorer.  She is the first player in Big 12 history to lead the league in scoring three consecutive seasons and had the 10th best single season point total in NCAA history at 909 points.  She also dished out 220 assists, which stands as the fourth best single season total in Big 12 history.    

Riley was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and is Oklahoma State’s all-time leader in scoring, assists, field goals, free throws, made 3-pointers and minutes played.
                                                                       

Del Harris to Keynote Award Banquet April 21, 2010

Del Harris has coached basketball at every level over the past 51 years. He was head coach of the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.  With the Lakers, he was Coach of the Year in 1995 and in 1998-99 (with 61 wins in his final season as a head coach) he became only the 20th NBA coach to win 500 regular season games. He has sat on the bench for over 200 NBA playoff games, including trips to the finals in 1981 and 2006.

He has coached with the national teams of Puerto Rico, Canada, the United States and China in World competition, winning a bronze, a silver and a gold medal.  He was the first foreign head coach of the national team of China for the 2004 Olympics, guiding them to the best performance in their history.

After his Laker tenure, he was an assistant coach primarily with the Dallas Mavericks.  During this time the Mavericks won the second most games in the NBA with a record of 422 wins and only 172 losses.  He was voted the top assistant coach in the league by the NBA general managers three of his final four years on the bench, including the last two.

He was an honorable mention All-American basketball player at Milligan College, Tennessee, where he graduated with honors and has a Masters Degree in History from Indiana University.

He is the member of four basketball Halls of Fame: the State of Indiana Basketball Hall, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall, Earlham College Hall (where he coached nine years) and the Milligan Hall of Fame. 

He is the author of four basketball books and a member of the Screen Actors Guild, having appeared in various television and movie productions.

Eight years ago Del and wife, Ann, formed the Del and Ann Harris Foundation which primarily promotes Christian missions and education, along with other worthy causes.