Springfield, Mass. (Nov. 3, 2020) — Creighton's Mitch Ballock was announced today by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as one of 20 members on the watch list for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its seventh year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
"We are now entering our seventh year of the Naismith Starting Five and the competition to make the list is as fierce as ever," said John L.