Jerry West Award

For the pro basketball award, see Jerry West Trophy.

Jerry West Award
Awarded forthe nation's top male shooting guard in NCAA basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented byNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
History
First award2015
Most recentR. J. Davis, North Carolina
WebsiteOfficial website

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 that 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] The inaugural winner was D'Angelo Russell of Ohio State.[2]

  1. ^ "College Basketball Awards handed out". Valley News. Lebanon, New Hampshire. April 11, 2015. p. 16. Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Cooney, Bob (June 22, 2015). "Likely guard candidates for Sixers' first round draft pick". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 72. Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.