Dear Old U.Va.

Wright Named National Defensive Player of the Year

Tuesday, March 30 2010 by Tim

I won’t try to re-write the entire article. Instead, you can get it here. But I do want to pull out a few pertinent parts.

She is the first-ever Virginia player to earn the award.

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This year she has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-ACC and the Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia State Player of the Year. Wright is also a State Farm Coaches' All-America Team finalist, a State Farm Wade Trophy finalist and a Wooden Award finalist.

Both he Wade Trophy and the Wooden Award will be presented next week, so cross your fingers that Monica can snag one of those VERY VERY prestigious awards. She’s very deserving.