(St. Louis, MO) – Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet is on the mid-season watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy. That award is presented to the National Player of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
VanVleet is one of three players among the 20 to make the mid-season list from programs known as ‘mid-major’ teams. He joins Oakland’s Kahlil Felder and Gonzaga’s Kyle Wiltjer representing mid-majors everywhere.
The rest of the ‘watch list’ include Grayson Allen, Duke; Kris Dunn, Providence; Yogi Ferrell, Indiana; Buddy Hield, Oklahoma; Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame; Brice Johnson, North Carolina; Jalen Jones, Texas A&M; Sheldon McClellan, Miami; Monte Morris, Iowa State; Georges Niang, Iowa State; Gary Payton II, Oregon State; Wayne Selden Junior, Kansas; Ben Simmons, LSU; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Tyler Ulis, Kentucky; Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa; and Denzel Valentine, Michigan State.
The USBWA, comprised of nearly 1,000 sports journalists (including yours truly) covering college basketball for newspapers, magazines and websites, will select the recipients of the awards.
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