University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Lonzo Ball Named to Cousy Award Watch List
October 17, 2016 | Men's Basketball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – UCLA freshman Lonzo Ball has been announced as one of 20 watch list candidates for the 2017 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award presented by College of the Holy Cross.
Ball, a 6-foot-6, 190-pound guard from Chino Hills, Calif., averaged 23.9 points, 11.3 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 5.1 steals per game as a senior last season at Chino Hills High School. He secured national honors as the Naismith High School Player of the Year and the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year in addition to being named the Gatorade State Player of the Year in California.
Now in its 14th year, the Cousy Award recognizes the top point guards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2017 Cousy Award will be narrowed to just 10 candidates. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Cousy and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of this year's award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show in Los Angeles on Friday, April 7, 2017.
Previous winners of the Cousy Award include Tyler Ulis (2016, Kentucky), Delon Wright, (2015, Utah), Shabazz Napier, (2014, Connecticut), Trey Burke, (2013, Michigan), Kendall Marshall, (2012, North Carolina), Kemba Walker, (2011, Connecticut), Greivis Vasquez (2010, Maryland), Ty Lawson (2009, North Carolina), DJ Augustin, (2008, Texas), Acie Law, (2007, Texas A&M), Dee Brown, (2006, Illinois), Raymond Felton, (2005, North Carolina) and Jameer Nelson (2004, St. Joseph's).
2017 Bob Cousy Award Watch List
Jalen Adams (Connecticut)
Maurice Watson Jr. (Creighton)
Jack Gibbs (Davidson)
Frank Jackson (Duke)
Nigel Williams-Goss (Gonzaga)
Monte Morris (Iowa State)
Frank Mason (Kansas)
De'Aaron Fox (Kentucky)
Melo Trimble (Maryland)
Joel Berry II (North Carolina)
Dennis Smith (N.C. State)
Jawun Evans (Oklahoma State)
Jordan McLaughlin (Southern California)
Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
Jalen Brunson (Villanova)
London Perrantes (Virginia)
Seth Allen (Virginia Tech)
Markelle Fultz (Washington)
Bronson Koenig (Wisconsin)
Edmund Summer (Xavier)
*note: players can play their way onto and off the list at any point during the 2016-17 season
