Illini guard Trent Frazier named to watch list for Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award

Illinois junior guard Trent Frazier named to preseason watch list for a national award.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois junior guard Trent Frazier was named to the preseason watch list of the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday the 20 players on the watch list for the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball.

TRENT FRAZIER | 2018-19 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• · Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (media)

• · Second on Illini in scoring at 13.7 ppg

• · Scored in double figures 22 times, with five performances of 20 or more points

• · Finished 43rd in the NCAA in 3-point accuracy, shooting 40.6 percent (80-197)

• · Total of 80 treys ranked ninth on Illini all-time single-season list

• · Third in Big Ten in made threes per game (2.5 avg)

• · Fourth in Big Ten in steals with 1.4 spg

• · Second on team in assists at 2.6 apg

Illinois junior guard Trent Frazier finished last year second on Illini in scoring at 13.7 points per game. 

2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates

Isaiah Joe, Arkansas

Kamar Baldwin, Butler

Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati

Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton

Kellan Grady, Davidson

Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy

Anthony Edwards, Georgia

Trent Frazier, Illinois

Joe Wieskamp, Iowa

Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky

Skylar Mays, LSU

Joshua Langford, Michigan State

Temple 'T.J.' Gibbs, Notre Dame

Breein Tyree, Ole Miss

Myles Powell, Seton Hall

A.J. Lawson, South Carolina

Mustapha Heron, St. John's

Desmond Bane, TCU

Jordan Bowden, Tennessee

Sam Merrill, Utah State

This is the second straight watch list honor for an Illini. on Monday, sophomore Ayo Dosunmu was named to the 20-player preseason list for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.

By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2020 Jerry West Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 10, 2020, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five.

Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015).