🏀 McCullar Named to the 2023 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Watch List
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Kansas senior Kevin McCullar is one of 20 named to the 2023 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday.
Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Named Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention by the league coaches, McCullar, a transfer from Texas Tech, was a national semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in 2021-22. The guard from San Antonio, Texas, averaged 10.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and a team-leading 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game last season. A three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree, McCullar was a two-year starter at Texas Tech and an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection last year.
Fans are encouraged to participate in the fan voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds, starting Friday, October 28. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2023 Jerry West Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to West and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee where a winner will be selected.
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2023 Jerry West Award Candidates*
Nick Smith, Arkansas
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Isaiah Wong, Miami (Fla.)
Tyrese Proctor, Duke
Isiaih Mosley, Missouri
Malachi Smith, Gonzaga
Terquavion Smith, NC State
Rasir Bolton, Gonzaga
R.J. Davis, North Carolina
Marcus Sasser, Houston
Dane Goodwin, Notre Dame
Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois
Matt Bradley, San Diego State
KEVIN MCCULLAR JR., KANSAS
Joseph Girard III, Syracuse
Antonio Reeves, Kentucky
Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
Cason Wallace, Kentucky
Amari Bailey, UCLA
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2022-23 season.
