The NBA announced today that 103 players, including 74 players from U.S. colleges and 29 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for the 2009 NBA Draft.

Players wishing to renounce their remaining intercollegiate eligibility and enter the 2009 NBA Draft were required to submit a letter to the NBA to be received no later than Sunday, April 26. 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 p.m. ET on Monday, June 15.

Following is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have applied for early entry into the 2009 NBA Draft, which will be held Thursday, June 25, at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City:

Darion Anderson, Northern Illinois

Ryan Anderson, Nebraska

Dominique Archie, South Carolina

DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh

Derrick Brown, Xavier

Chase Budinger, Arizona

Nick Calathes, Florida

Earl Clark, Louisville

Dwayne Collins, Miami

Kareem Cooper, Texas-El Paso

Kenneth Coopder, Louisiana Tech

Brandon Costner, North Carolina State

Stephen Curry, Davidson

Bryan Davis, Texas A&M

Austin Daye, Gonzaga

DeMar DeRozan, Southern California

Eric Devendorf, Syracuse

Devan Downey, South Carolina

Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State

Wayne Ellington, North Carolina

Chinemelu Elonu, Texas A&M

Tyreke Evans, Memphis

Gary Flowers, Chipola JC (FL)

Jonny Flynn, Syracuse

Jonathan Gibson, New Mexico State

Kyle Gibson, Louisiana Tech

Taj Gibson, Southern California

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

D'mond Grismore, Huston-Tillotson (TX)

Rog?r Guignard, Texas-Arlington

Daniel Hackett, Southern California

Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

James Harden, Arizona State

Kevin Harris, Northwest Mississippi CC

Paul Harris, Syracuse

Gerald Henderson, Duke

Jordan Hill, Arizona

Jrue Holiday, UCLA

Damion James, Texas

James Johnson, Wake Forest

Mac Koshwal, DePaul

Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech

Ty Lawson, North Carolina

James Lewis, Fresno Pacific

Darnell Lindsay, Tennessee Tech

Dior Lowhorn, San Francisco

Ater Majok, Connecticut

Jodie Meeks, Kentucky

Nate Miles, Southern Idaho

Patrick Mills, St. Mary's

Tasmin Mitchell, LSU

B.J. Mullens, Ohio State

Ronald Ogoke, Paul Quinn College (TX)

Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

Scottie Reynolds, Villanova

D.J. Rivera, Binghamton

Terrence Roderick, Alabama-Birmingham

Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech

Junior Salters, Wofford

Donald Sloan, Texas A&M

Tyler Smith, Tennessee

DaJuan Summers, Georgetown

Shawn Taggart, Memphis

Jonathan Tavernari, BYU

Jeff Teague, Wake Forest

Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut

Malcolm Thomas, San Diego City College

Dar Tucker, DePaul

Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State

Greivis Vasquez, Maryland

Martez Walker, Riverside CC (CA)

Michael Washington, Arkansas

Jeremy Wise, Southern Mississippi

Nic Wise, Arizona



The following is the list of international players who have applied for early entry into the 2009 NBA Draft:

Amadou Aboubakar Zaki, Nancy (France)

Rodrigue Beaubois, Cholet (France)

Nemanja Bjelica, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

Georgios Bogris, Ilysiakos (Greece)

Omri Casspi, Maccabi Elite (Israel)

Victor Claver, Pamesa Valencia (Spain)

Vladimir Dasic, Buducnost (Montenegro)

Christian Eyenga, DKV Joventut (Spain)

Vitor Faverani, Unicaja Malaga (Spain)

Sergey Gladyr, Mykolaiv (Ukraine)

Adam Hanga, Albacomp (Hungary)

Bariş Hersek, Efes Pilsen (Turkey)

Rudy Jomby, Le Havre (France)

Tanel Kurbas, Kalev/Cramo (Estonia)

Milan Macvan, Hemofarm (Serbia)

Boban Marjanovic, Hemofarm (Serbia)

Tim Ohlbrecht, Bamberg (Germany)

Carl Ona Embo, Biella (Italy)

Nikolaos Pappas, Real Madrid II (Spain)

Anton Ponomarev, Astana Tigers (Kazakhstan)

Paulo Prestes, Unicaja Malaga (Spain)

Miroslav Raduljica, FMP Zeleznik (Serbia)

Fernando Raposo, Pau Orthez (France)

Ricky Rubio, DKV Joventut (Spain)

Evangelos Sakellariou, Pagrati (Greece)

Alexandros Sigkounas, Olimpia Larissa (Greece)

Ludovic Vaty, Pau Orthez (France)

Ibrahim Yildirim, Banvit (Turkey)

Artem Zabelin, CSKA Moscow (Russia)



*Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality.