Alabama Athletics
Jaden Shackleford Named to 2022 Jerry West Award Watch List
The preseason praise for the University of Alabama men's basketball team continued Tuesday morning when guard Jaden Shackelford was one of 20 players named to the initial 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced.
Shackelford led Alabama in scoring (14.0 points), field goals made (154) and attempted (376), and free-throw percentage (75.6 percent) last season. He was named SEC Second Team All-Conference while playing in all 33 games making 32 starts.
The junior guard tested the NBA waters over the summer and also entered the transfer portal for a while before ultimately returning to Alabama for this season.
On Monday, Jahvon Quinerly was named to the Bob Cousy Award Watch List, the award for college basketball's premier point guard.
Both players were named preseason first-team All-SEC by national and local media on Tuesday.
Shackelford topped the Crimson Tide in double-figure scoring games (26), 20-point scoring games (6), and charges taken (16). He finished fifth in the conference in total points (461) and fourth in 3-point field goals made (63).
The guard has scored 927 career points across his two seasons at Alabama – only 73 points shy of becoming the 53rd Crimson Tide player to eclipse 1,000 points in his career
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.
In late January, the watch list of 20 players will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame's selection committee and the winner will be presented on Friday, April 9, 2022.
Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include Chris Duarte, Oregon (2021), Myles Powell, Seton Hall (2020), RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015).
