Jerry West Award
| Jerry West Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The nation's top male shooting guard in NCAA Division I basketball |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| First awarded | 2015 |
| Currently held by | Buddy Hield, Oklahoma |
| Official website | http://www.hoophallawards.com/ |
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. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Julius Erving Award, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and Karl Malone Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015.[1] It is named after NBA Finals Champion and NBA Finals MVP player Jerry West.[2] The inaugural winner was D'Angelo Russell.[3]
Winners
| * | Awarded a National Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Jerry West Award |
| Season | Player | School | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | D'Angelo Russell | Ohio State | Freshman |
| 2015–16 | Buddy Hield | Oklahoma | Senior |
Winners by school
| School | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 1 | 2015 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 2016 |
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