Jerry West Award
Awarded forThe nation's top male shooting guard in NCAA Division I basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented byNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
History
First award2015
Most recentR. J. Davis, North Carolina
Websitehttp://www.hoophallawards.com

The Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate shooting guard. The award is named after former Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard, Jerry West. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Julius Erving Award, Karl Malone Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015.[1] It is named after NBA Finals Champion and NBA Finals MVP player Jerry West.[2] The inaugural winner was D'Angelo Russell.[3]

Winners

* Awarded a National Player of the Year award:
the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Jerry West Award at that point
Johnny Davis of Wisconsin won the award in 2022.
Season Player School Class
2014–15 D'Angelo Russell Ohio State Freshman
2015–16 Buddy Hield* Oklahoma Senior
2016–17 Malik Monk Kentucky Freshman
2017–18 Carsen Edwards[4] Purdue Sophomore
2018–19 RJ Barrett Duke Freshman
2019–20 Myles Powell Seton Hall Senior
2020–21 Chris Duarte Oregon Senior
2021–22 Johnny Davis Wisconsin Sophomore
2022–23 Marcus Sasser Houston Senior
2023–24 R. J. Davis North Carolina Senior

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Duke 1 2019
Houston 1 2023
Kentucky 1 2017
North Carolina 1 2024
Ohio State 1 2015
Oklahoma 1 2016
Oregon 1 2021
Purdue 1 2018
Seton Hall 1 2020
Wisconsin 1 2022

References

  1. ^ "New College Basketball Awards Show to Honor the Season's Top Players April 10 on ESPN2". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Sixteen Candidates Announced for First-Ever Jerry West Award". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 19, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell wins Shooting Guard of Year". FOX Sports. Associated Press. April 10, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Pascoe, Bruce (April 7, 2018). "Arizona's Ayton Wins Karl Malone Award". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. p. B004 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

U.S. men's college basketball awards
Jerry West Award winners
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