CHICAGO
Kansas’ Perry Ellis on Tuesday was selected to the John R. Wooden Award preseason watch list, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced in a news release.
Ellis, a senior power forward, was among 50 players on the preseason list for the Wooden Award, which is given annually to the nation’s best player.
Ellis, a Wichita native in his final season, appeared on the Wooden preseason list for the second straight season. Ellis, who is 37th on the KU career scoring list with 1,173 points and 24th on the school’s all-time rebound chart with 614 boards, is on pace to become only the eighth Jayhawk in school history to rank in the top 15 of both categories.