Sahvir Wheeler, Kellan Grady named to watch lists for Hoophall awards

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It is award watch list season, and two Kentucky Wildcats are in contention for hardware at their respective positions. Sahvir Wheeler is on the preseason watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation’s top point guard, and Kellan Grady is up for the Jerry West Award, presented to the nation’s top shooting guard.

Wheeler was also named First Team All-SEC by the media this morning. As a sophomore at Georgia, he led the SEC in assists per game with 7.4 and led the Bulldogs in scoring (14.0 points per game) and steals (1.7 per game). He was fifth in the country in assists per game and third in total assists. In only 24 games, Wheeler broke Georgia’s single-season assist record with 193 dimes.

Grady was named Second Team All-SEC this morning. At Davidson, he totaled 2,002 career points on 47.2% shooting. With 240 career 3-pointers, Grady has made at least 51 threes in all four seasons and shot a career-best 38.2% from behind the arc in 2020-21. He has 21 games with at least four 3-pointers. At Davidson, he was a four-time All-A-10 selection, including a two-time first-team pick. He averaged 17.4 points per game in his four-year Davidson career, 17.1 this past season as a senior.

Kentucky is no stranger to the Hoophall Awards. In 2016, Tyler Ulis won the Bob Cousy Award, and in 2017, Malik Monk took home the Jerry West Award. The watch lists for the Julius Erving (small forward), Karl Malone (power forward), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (center) Awards will be announced soon. They’ll probably include more Wildcats.

2022 Bob Cousy Award Watch List

PLAYER NAMESCHOOL
Jahvon QuinerlyAlabama
Antoine DavisDetroit
Jeremy RoachDuke
Andrew NembhardGonzaga
Andre CurbeloIllinois
Remy MartinKansas
Sahvir WheelerKentucky
DaVante JonesMichigan
Caleb LoveNorth Carolina
Max AbmasOral Roberts
Will RichardsonOregon
Kendric DavisSMU
Kyle LoftonSt. Bonaventure
Kennedy ChandlerTennessee
Marcus CarrTexas
Tyger CampbellUCLA
Scottie Pippen Jr.Vanderbilt
Collin GillespieVillanova
Kihei ClarkVirginia
Paul ScruggsXavier

2022 Jerry West Award Watch List

PLAYER NAMESCHOOL
Jaden ShackelfordAlabama
Bennedict MathurinArizona
Adam FlaglerBaylor
Hunter SallisGonzaga
Ochai AgbajiKansas
Kellan GradyKentucky
Taevion KinseyMarshall
Eric AyalaMayland
Landers NolleyMemphis
Isaiah WongMiami
Eli BrooksMichigan
De’Vion HarmonOregon
Jaden IveyPurdue
Matt BradleySan Diego St.
Jared RhodenSeton Hall
Buddy BoeheimSyracuse
Andrew JonesTexas
Terrence Shannon Jr.Texas Tech
Johnny JuzangUCLA
Justin MooreVillanova

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