White A Finalist For The 2005 John R. Wooden Award Ballot
White has also been named a Naismith Award finalist, a Senior CLASS Award finalist, a State Farm Wade Trophy candidate and a semifinalist for the Collegiate Basketball Award of Excellence. She was a preseason Wooden Award candidate last season.
In order to be considered for the national ballot, all players must have been accredited by their university as meeting the Wooden Award criteria which includes making normal progress towards graduation and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
A panel of over 200 voters comprised of sports media members and women's college basketball experts from around the nation will have until 3 p.m. EST on Monday, March 28 to cast their votes for both the five-member All-American Team and Wooden Award recipient as the most outstanding female collegiate basketball player in the United States.
The 2005 award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and Legends of Coaching award recipient Jim Calhoun of the University of Connecticut, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 9, 2005, and will be broadcast live on a national CBS telecast. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from the John R. Wooden Award Scholarship Fund for their university's general scholarship fund.
Women's Wooden Award Ballot
(Players listed alphabetically)
| Name | Ht. | Cl. | Pos. | School |
| Seimone Augustus | 6'1" | Jr. | G | LSU |
| Jacqueline Batteast | 6'2" | Sr. | F | Notre Dame |
| Steffanie Blackmon | 6'2" | Sr. | F | Baylor |
| Lindsay Bowen | 5'7" | Jr. | G | Michigan State |
| Monique Currie | 6'0" | Jr. | G/F | Duke |
| Jessica Davenport | 6'4" | So. | C | Ohio State |
| Sandora Irvin | 6'3" | Sr. | F | TCU |
| Tiffany Jackson | 6'3" | So. | F | Texas |
| Temeka Johnson | 5'3" | Sr. | G | LSU |
| Janel McCarville | 6'2" | Sr. | C | Minnesota |
| Cappie Pondexter | 5'9" | Sr. | G | Rutgers |
| Khara Smith | 6'2" | Jr. | F | DePaul |
| Kendra Wecker | 5'11" | Sr. | F | Kansas State |
| Tan White | 5'8" | Sr. | G | Mississippi State |
| Candice Wiggins | 5'11" | Fr. | G | Stanford |
| Tanisha Wright | 5'11" | Sr. | G | Penn State |
| Sophia Young | 6'1" | Jr. | F | Baylor |