LSU Guard Skylar Mays Named to Jerry West Award Watchlist

LSU senior guard Skylar Mays was one of 10 shooting guards in the country named to the Jerry West Award watchlist on Tuesday.

Mays, who leads the Tigers in scoring, averaging 15.3 points per game on 48.9% shooting, is not only the team's leader on the floor but off of it as well.

“The Hall of Fame is proud to establish connections between current athletes and fans with the iconic figures in our game, such as Jerry West,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. “All athletes in this top ten list should be proud to be nominated for such an honor, and we are privileged to have Jerry West’s continued involvement in the Starting Five, as his unique insights and expertise will aid us in trimming this list further in the next month.”

Mays is included with quite a number of talented guards including Isaiah Joe (Arkansas), Anthony Edwards (Georgia), Tyrese Maxey (Kentucky), Kamar Baldwin (Butler) and Ty-Shon Alexander (Creighton).

In addition to his scoring, Mays leads the team in steals, averaging two per game and also averages 3.3 assists per game, which is second on the team to sophomore point guard Javonte Smart.

Five finalists for the award will be revealed in March and the winner will be presented with the award on April 20, 2020. Past recipients of the Jerry West 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).

In his four year career at LSU, Mays has career averages of 11.8 points, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game.