MANHATTAN, Kan. – Junior guard
P.J. Haggerty was amongst 20 preseason candidates for the Jerry West Award, which is given yearly to the nation’s prime capturing guard by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Jerry West Award is called after the late Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player. It is celebrating its 12
th 12 months highlighting the highest capturing guard in Division I.
Haggerty was certainly one of 5 finalists for the award in 2025, which was received by Tennessee’s
Chaz Lanier.
Fans may also help Haggerty advance on the watch record by voting in every of three rounds beginning on Friday by visiting
hoophallawards.com. The watch record of 20 gamers shall be narrowed to 10 in late January then to 5 in late February. The 5 finalists shall be introduced to West’s household and the Hall of Fame’s choice committee, the place the winner shall be chosen.
Haggerty was certainly one of 5 Big 12 gamers on the preseason workforce, together with Arizona’s
Brayden Burries, BYU’s
Richie Saunders, Houston’s
Emanuel Sharp and Oklahoma State’s
Anthony Roy. Others on the record included Creighton’s
Josh Dix, Duke’s
Isaiah Evans, Florida’s
Xaivian Lee, Illinois’
Kylan Boswell, Kentucky’s
Otega Oweh, Louisville’s
Ryan Conwell, North Carolina’s
Seth Trimble, Providence’s
Jason Edwards, St. John’s
Ian Jackson, UConn’s
Solo Ball, USC’s
Rodney Rice, Utah State’s
Mason Falslev, Virginia’s
Malik Thomas, Washington’s
Wesley Yates III and Wisconsin’s
John Blackwell.
Haggerty has already obtained quite a lot of preseason accolades, together with All-America honors from CBS Sports, Jay Bilas and @CBBAnalytics and All-Big 12 honors from the league coaches.
Haggerty scored a game-high 23 factors in Friday’s exhibition at Missouri, connecting on 8-of-14 area targets, together with 2-of-4 from 3-point vary, and 5-of-7 free throws to go together with a game-high 6 assists, 2 steals and a couple of rebounds in slightly below 25 minutes of motion.
A consensus Second Team All-American at Memphis, Haggerty is coming off a profession 12 months in 2024-25, during which, he grew to become the primary Division I participant since
Ja Morant in 2018-19 to common 21.5 factors, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals to go together with 6.5 free throws per recreation. He ranked third nationally in each scoring (21.7 ppg.) and whole factors (759), whereas his 759 factors had been an AAC single-season file and essentially the most since
Dajuan Wagner (762) set the college single-season file in 2001-02. He grew to become the primary Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American, whereas he was chosen because the AAC Player of the Year, First Team All-AAC and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2025 AAC Championship.
For extra info on the 2025 Jerry West Award, please go to
hoophallawards.com and observe @hoophallu and #WestAward on X and Instagram.
The Wildcats will play host to Division II foe Newman on Friday evening at 7 p.m., at Bramlage Coliseum. The season opener is ready for Tuesday, Nov. 4 towards UNC Greensboro. Tickets are at present on sale and will be bought in-person on the Athletics Ticket Office, on-line at kstatesports.com/tickets or by calling (800) 221.CATS.
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