Saint Louis senior guard Jordan Goodwin is one of 10 candidates announced today for the 2021 Jerry West Award.
Sponsored by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the award goes to the nation’s top shooting award. The original watch list released earlier this year was trimmed to 10 players. Goodwin was also named to the initial watch list released in the preseason.
Goodwin is enjoying a monster season thus far. He is averaging 16.9 ppg and an Atlantic 10 Conference-leading 11.1 rpg. Additionally, he is dishing out 3.8 assists per game and posts 2.1 steals per game.
Goodwin has registered a points/rebounds double-double in all but one game this season, and he has 30 for his career. He is the Billikens’ all-time steals leader, is a 1,000-point scorer, and is in the top five on SLU’s all-time rebounds list.
In late February, five finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner of the 2021 Jerry West Award will be presented April 9, 2021, along with the other four members of the Men’s Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award, the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women’s Starting Five. College basketball fans can support their favorite players by participating in Fan Voting presented by Dell.
Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include 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).
For more information on the 2021 Jerry West Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #WestAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, January 29 on HoophallAwards.com.
2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
| Terry Taylor | Austin Peay |
| MaCio Teague | Baylor |
| James Bouknight | Connecticut |
| Joel Ayayi | Gonzaga |
| Joe Wieskamp | Iowa |
| Ochai Agbaji | Kansas |
| Cameron Thomas | LSU |
| Franz Wagner | Michigan |
| Chris Duarte | Oregon |
| Jordan Goodwin | Saint Louis |
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-21 season*
