Fort
Wayne, IN- IPFW junior center David Simon has made himself
eligible for the 2004 National Basketball Association Draft.
Simon (6’10”/Vernon Hills, IL) averaged 18.1 points per game and
9.7 rebounds a contest for the Mastodons last season. He has been
projected by NBA scouts and draft experts as a second round selection.
Any college players
who have not signed with an agent can return to their school and
not lose their eligibility. Simon has not signed
with an agent.
The players have
the right to withdraw their names from the list by notifying the
NBA by June 17, one week before the draft is
held in Madison Square Garden.
Forty-three college
underclassmen, including all four eligible members of The Associated
Press' All-America team, also submitted
their letters
by May 10, the NBA announced Friday.
The All-Americans
who filed were Emeka Okafor of Connecticut, Lawrence Roberts of
Mississippi State, Ryan Gomes of Providence
and Josh
Childress of Stanford, The fifth All-American, Jameer Nelson
of Saint Joseph's,
was a senior.
Thirty-eight international players were on the list.
Underclassmen
and internationals who declared for the NBA draft:
Chris Acker,
G, Chaminade (junior)
LaMarcus Aldridge, C, Seagoville (HS)
Trevor Ariza, F, UCLA (freshman)
Brandon Bass, F, LSU (freshman)
Jermaine Bell, C, Notre Dame Prep (HS)
Brandon Bender, F, Robert Morris College (junior)
Odartey Blankson, F, Nevada-Las Vegas (junior)
Darren Brooks, G, Southern Illinois (junior)
Evan Burns, F, San Diego State (freshman)
Jackie Butler, C, Coastal Christian Academy (HS)
Josh Childress, F, Stanford (junior)
Cortez Davis, F, Rutgers (freshman)
Luol Deng, F, Duke (freshman)
Deng Gai, F, Fairfield (junior)
Ryan Gomes, F, Providence (junior)
Ben Gordon, G, Connecticut (junior)
Devin Harris, G, Wisconsin (junior)
David Harrison, C, Colorado (junior)
JaQuan Hart, G, Eastern Michigan (junior)
Daryll Hill, G, St. John's (sophomore)
Dwight Howard, C, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (HS)
Kris Humphries, F, Minnesota (freshman)
Sani Ibrahim, C, Gulf Coast CC (sophomore)
Andre Iguodala, F, Arizona (sophomore)
Martin Iti, C, Charlotte (freshman)
Jan Jagla, C, Penn State (junior)
Al Jefferson, F, Prentiss (MS) (HS)
Marco Killingsworth, F, Auburn (junior)
Shaun Livingston, G, Peoria (IL) (HS)
Kevin Martin, F, Western Carolina (junior)
Louis McCullough, G, Francis Marion (junior)
Jonathan Moore, F, North Carolina Central (junior)
Emeka Okafor, C, Connecticut (junior)
Randall Orr, C, Georgia Perimeter (sophomore)
Jason Parker, F, Kentucky (junior)
Kelvin Pena, G, Southeastern CC (sophomore)
Roger Powell, F, Illinois (junior)
Lawrence Roberts, F, Mississippi State (junior)
Nate Robinson, G, Washington (sophomore)
Robert Rothbart, C, Natomas (HS)
Imari Sawyer, G, DePaul (junior)
Maurice Shaw, F, Bridgton Academy (HS)
Ricky Shields, G, Rutgers (junior)
David Simon, F, IPFW (junior)
Tremayne Singletary, F, Southwestern (sophomore)
Donta Smith, F, Southeastern Illinois JC (sophomore)
Josh Smith, F, Oak Hill Academy (HS)
J.R. Smith, G, St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) (HS)
Kirk Snyder, G-F, Nevada (junior)
Jay Straight, G, Wyoming (junior)
Robert Swift, C, Bakersfield (HS)
Sebastian Telfair, G, Lincoln (NY) (HS)
Harvey Thomas, F, Baylor (junior)
Dijon Thompson, G-F, UCLA (junior)
Delonte West, G, St. Joseph's (junior)
Dorell Wright, F, South Kent Prep (HS)
Martynas Andriuskevicius, C, Zalgiris (Lithuania)
Ender Arslan, G, Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
Andris Biedrins, C, Skonto (Latvia)
Luka Bogdanovic, F, Crvenz Zvezda (Serbia-Montenegro)
Gary Chathuant, G, Brest (France)
Ivan Chiriaev, C, St. Thomas Aquinas (Canada)
Murilo da Rosa, F, Corinthians Mogi (Brazil)
Marcus de Souza, F, Corinthians Mogi (Brazil)
Mickael Gelabale, F, Cholet Basket (France)
Marcin Gortat, C, Cologne (Germany)
Hamid Haddadi, C, Peykan (Iran)
Ha Seung-jin, C, Yonsei University (South Korea)
Marcelo Huertas, G, Paulistano (Brazil)
Mile Ilic, C, Reflex (Serbia-Montenegro)
Arturas Kaubrys, C, Neptunas (Lithuania)
Ivan Koljevic, G, Buducnost (Serbia-Montenegro)
Erazem Lorbek, C, Skipper Bologna (Italy)
Dirk Madrich, C, Braunschweig (Germany)
Miguel Marriaga, F, Gaiteros (Venezuela)
Sergei Monya, F, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Pavel Mroz, C, Slasdk Wroclaw (Poland)
Damir Omerhodzic, F, Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
Drago Pasalic, F, Split (Croatia)
Kosta Perovic, C, Partizan (Serbia-Montenegro)
Johan Petro, C, Pau Orthez (France)
Pavel Podkolzine, C, Varese (Italy)
Peter Ramos, C, Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico)
Jaber Rouzbahani, C, Zob Ahan (Iran)
Dusan Sakota, F, Panathinaikos (Greece)
Predrag Samardziski, C, Partizan (Serbia-Montenegro)
Armands Skele, G, Slask Wroclaw (Poland)
Uros Slokar, F, Benetton Treviso (Italy)
Jerry Sokoloski, C, Silverthorn Institute (Canada)
Tiago Splitter, C, Tau Ceramica (Spain)
Marcin Stefanski, F, Dijon (France)
Marko Tomas, F, Zagreb (Croatia)
Roko Ukic, G, Split (Croatia)
Aleksandr Vujacic, F, Udine (Italy)
~Dons~
