LOS ANGELES – Duke freshman Paolo Banchero has been named to the Men's National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's, as announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club Saturday on ESPN College GameDay.
Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the National Ballot consists of 15 student-athletes who are candidates for the Wooden Award All-American Team and Wooden Award Trophy as the most outstanding college basketball player in the United States.
Banchero is the ACC's only player on the National Ballot and is one of three freshmen, joining Auburn's Jabari Smith and Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren.