The Coach Wooden ?Keys to Life? Award will be presented at the 9th annual 2005 Legends of the Hardwood Breakfast, on April 2, 2005, at the Millennium Hotel, in St Louis, MO.

The Finalists for the 2005 ?Keys to Life? Award are Grant Hill (Orlando Magic),  Allan Houston (New York Knicks), Bobby Jones (5-time NBA All Star), and Coach Lorenzo Romar (University of Washington).

The 2005 Legends of the Hardwood Breakfast stands as one of the premier events held during the Final Four weekend for top-level business executives. It will feature, Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix Suns Chairman and CEO and Arizona Diamondbacks Chairman,  Ernie Johnson, Studio Host for ?The Inside Stuff? on TNT, and Clark Kellogg, College Basketball Analyst with CBS Sports.

The Coach Wooden ?Key?s to Life? Award will be presented to a past or present college or professional basketball player or coach, whom best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the court and in the community.  Coach Wooden was selected as the model for this award because his life, on and off the court, personifies the highest level of moral character, integrity, and faith.

Past winners of the Coach Wooden ?Keys to Life Award? include David Robinson, Clark Kellogg, Mark Price , Junior Bridgeman, Jerry Colangelo,  A.C. Green, and  Marv Harshman.