NEW YORK, May 3 – The National Basketball Association announced today that 93 players, including 63 players from U.S. colleges and institutions and 30 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for the 2006 NBA Draft.

Players wishing to renounce their remaining intercollegiate eligibility and enter the 2006 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Saturday, April 29. Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the Draft by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 18.

Following is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have applied for early entry into the 2006 NBA Draft, which will be held Wednesday, June 28, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City:

Player School Height Status Akbar Abdul-Ahad Idaho State 6-0 Junior Arron Afflalo UCLA 6-5 Sophomore LaMarcus Aldridge Texas 6-10 Sophomore Morris Almond Rice 6-6 Junior Renaldo Balkman South Carolina 6-8 Junior Larry Blair Liberty 6-1 Junior Will Blalock Iowa State 5-11 Junior Jahsha Bluntt Delaware State 6-6 Junior Josh Boone Connecticut 6-10 Junior Ronnie Brewer Arkansas 6-6 Junior Bobby Brown Cal State-Fullerton 6-1 Junior Shannon Brown Michigan State 6-4 Junior Derek Burditt Blinn College (TX) 6-7 Sophomore LeRoy Dawson Emporia State (KS) 6-2 Junior Travis DeGroot Delta State 6-4 Junior Guillermo Diaz Miami (FL) 6-2 Junior Cem Dinc Indiana 6-10 Freshman Quincy Douby Rutgers 6-3 Junior Mike Efevberha Cal-State Northridge 6-5 Junior Carl Elliott George Washington 6-4 Junior Jordan Farmar UCLA 6-2 Sophomore Nick Fazekas Nevada 6-11 Junior Thomas Gardner Missouri 6-5 Junior Rudy Gay Connecticut 6-8 Sophomore Reggie George Robert Morris College (IL) 6-10 Junior Daniel Gibson Texas 6-2 Sophomore Aaron Gray Pittsburgh 7-0 Junior LeShawn Hammett St. Francis (PA) 6-0 Junior Brandon Heath San Diego State 6-3 Junior Tedric Hill Gulf Coast CC (FL) 6-10 Sophomore Clarence Holloway IMG Academy (FL) 7-0 Post-Graduate Ekene Ibekwe Maryland 6-8 Junior Donald Jeffes Roxbury CC (MA) 6-8 Sophomore Alexander Johnson Florida State 6-9 Junior David Johnson Clinton JC (SC) 6-7 Sophomore Trey Johnson Jackson State 6-5 Junior Coby Karl Boise State 6-4 Junior Mark Konecny Lambuth University (TN) 6-10 Junior Kyle Lowry Villanova 6-0 Sophomore Aleks Maric Nebraska 6-11 Sophomore Japhet McNeil East Carolina 5-10 Junior Paul Millsap Louisiana Tech 6-8 Junior Matt Mitchell Southern University-New Orleans 6-0 Junior Adam Morrison Gonzaga 6-8 Junior Patrick O'Bryant Bradley 7-0 Sophomore Evan Patterson Texas Wesleyan 6-7 Junior Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock George Washington 6-5 Junior Leon Powe California 6-8 Sophomore Richard Roby Colorado 6-6 Sophomore Rajon Rondo Kentucky 6-2 Sophomore Blake Schilb Loyola University (IL) 6-7 Junior Mustafa Shakur Arizona 6-3 Junior Cedric Simmons North Carolina State 6-9 Sophomore Marcus Slaughter San Diego State 6-8 Junior Curtis Stinson Iowa State 6-3 Junior Tyrus Thomas LSU 6-9 Freshman P.J. Tucker Texas 6-5 Junior Jontae Vinson Cal State-Los Angeles 6-4 Junior Ian Vouyoukas St. Louis 6-10 Junior Darius Washington Jr. Memphis 6-3 Sophomore Albert Weber Louisiana-Lafayette 6-6 Junior Marcus Williams Louisiana-Lafayette 6-6 Junior Shawne Williams Memphis 6-9 Freshman

The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into NBA Draft 2006:

Player Team/Country Height Status Andriy Agafonov Khimik (Ukraine) 6-8 1986 DOB Nemanja Aleksandrov FMP Zeleznik (Serb. & Mont.) 7-0 1987 DOB Pape-Philippe Amagou Le Mans (France) 6-0 1985 DOB Andrea Bargnani Benetton Treviso (Italy) 6-10 1985 DOB Yannick Bokolo Le Mans (France) 6-2 1985 DOB Carlos Cedeno Guaiqueries (Venezuela) 6-5 1985 DOB Tadija Dragicevic Crvena Zvezda (Serb. & Mont.) 6-8 1986 DOB Lior Eliyahu Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel) 6-9 1985 DOB Rudy Fernandez DKV Joventut (Spain) 6-5 1985 DOB Kyrylo Fesenko Mariupol (Ukraine) 6-11 1986 DOB Rafael Hettsheimeier Akasvayu Vic (Spain) 6-10 1986 DOB Marko Lekic Atlas (Serb. & Mont.) 6-10 1985 DOB Damir Markota Cibona (Croatia) 6-10 1985 DOB Mickael Mokongo Chalon (France) 5-11 1986 DOB Brad Newley Townsville (Australia) 6-7 1985 DOB Oleksiy Pecherov Paris Basket Racing (France) 7-0 1985 DOB Hrvoje Peric Split (Croatia) 6-8 1985 DOB Kosta Perovic Partizan (Serb. & Mont.) 7-2 1985 DOB Giorgos Printezis Olympiacos (Greece) 6-9 1985 DOB Milovan Rakovic Atlas (Serb. & Mont.) 6-10 1985 DOB Aleksandar Rindin Gala Baku (Azerbaijan) 7-5 1985 DOB Sergio Rodriguez Adecco Estudiantes (Spain) 6-3 1986 DOB Dusan Sakota Panathinaikos (Greece) 6-10 1986 DOB Renaldas Seibutis Olympiacos (Greece) 6-5 1985 DOB Saer Sene Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium) 7-0 1986 DOB Sidiki Sidibe Levallois (France) 7-0 1985 DOB Tang Zhengdong Jiangsu (China) 7-1 1984 DOB Sun Yue Beijing Aoshen Olympics (ABA) 6-9 1985 DOB Tiago Splitter Tau Ceramica (Spain) 6-11 1985 DOB Ali Traore Roanne (France) 6-9 1985 DOB Ejike Ugboaja Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria) 6-9 1985 DOB