Fifty-five players who had declared as early entry candidates for the 2009 NBA Draft have withdrawn. There are 39 collegiate and 10 international prospects that remain early entry candidates.

The 2009 NBA Draft will be held on Thursday, June 25 at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Here is the list of players from U.S. colleges and institutions who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2009 NBA Draft:

Darion Anderson, Northern Illinois  

Ryan Anderson, Nebraska          

Dominique Archie, South Carolina

Dwayne Collins, Miami  

Kenneth Cooper, Louisiana Tech

Bryan Davis, Texas A&M      

Devan Downey, South Carolina    
 
Osiris Eldridge, Illinois State  

Gary Flowers, Chipola JC (FL)    

Jonathan Gibson, New Mexico State  

Kyle Gibson, Louisiana Tech  

Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

Kevin Harris, Northwest Mississippi CC

Damion James, Texas

Mac Koshwal, DePaul

Gani Lawal,  Georgia Tech
   
James Lewis, Fresno Pacific

Dior Lowhorn, San Francisco    

Ater Majok, Connecticut  

Tasmin Mitchell, LSU

Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

Scottie Reynolds, Villanova  

D.J. Rivera, Binghamton  

Magnum Rolle, Louisiana Tech  
     
Junior Salters, Wofford  

Donald Sloan, Texas A&M

Tyler Smith, Tennessee

Jonathan Tavernari, BYU

Malcolm Thomas, San Diego City College
               
Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State

Greivis Vasquez, Maryland  

Martez Walker, Riverside CC (CA)

Michael Washington, Arkansas  

Jeremy Wise, Southern Mississippi

Nic Wise, Arizona

                                   
                 
Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2009 NBA Draft:


Amadou Aboubakar Zaki, Nancy (France)    

Nemanja Bjelica, Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)      
     
Georgios Bogris, Iysiakos (Greece)

Vladimir Dasic, Buducnost

Adam Hanga, Albacomp (Hungary)
                   
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)
             
Evangelos Sakellariou, Pagrati (Greece)

Alexandros Sigkounas, Olimpia Larissa (Greece)
 
Ludovic Vaty, Pau Orthez (France)
       
Artem Zabelin, CSKA Moscow (Russia)              


*Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality.
   
                                       
Following is the list of players from U.S colleges and institutions who remain early entry candidates for the 2009 NBA Draft:


DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh  
     
Derrick Brown, Xavier

Chase Budinger, Arizona

Nick Calathes, Florida

Earl Clark, Louisville

Kareem Cooper, Texas-El Paso

Brandon Costner,  North Carolina State

Stephen Curry, Davidson

Austin Daye, Gonzaga

DeMar DeRozan, Southern California

Eric Devendorf, Syracuse

Wayne Ellington, North Carolina

Chinemelu Elonu, Texas A&M

Tyreke Evans, Memphis

Jonny Flynn, Syracuse

Taj Gibson, Southern California

Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

D'mond Grismore, Huston-Tillotson

Rog?r Guignard, Texas-Arlington

Daniel Hackett, Southern California

James Harden, Arizona State

Paul Harris, Syracuse

Gerald Henderson, Duke

Jordan Hill, Arizona

Jrue Holiday, UCLA

James Johnson, Wake Forest

Ty Lawson, North Carolina

Darnell Lindsay, Tennessee Tech
             
Jodie Meeks, Kentucky

Nate Miles, Southern Idaho

Patrick Mills, St. Mary's

B.J. Mullens, Ohio State  

Ronald Ogoke, Paul Quinn College (TX)

Terrence Roderick, Alabama-Birmingham  

DaJuan Summers, Georgetown

Shawn Taggart, Memphis

Jeff Teague, Wake Forest

Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut

Dar Tucker, DePaul



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


Rodrigue Beaubois, Cholet (France)

Omri Casspi, Maccabi Elite (Israel)  

Victor Claver, Pamesa Valencia (Spain)  
     
Christian Eyenga, DKV Joventut (Spain)    
       
Vitor Faverani, Unicaja Malaga (Spain)    
 
Sergey Gladyr, Mykolaiv (Ukraine)  

Bariş Hersek, Efes Pilsen (Turkey)

Martin Kolikoli, Tanzania

Ricky Rubio, DKV Joventut (Spain)
                   
Ibrahim Yildirim, Banvit (Turkey)