Kentucky freshman Ashton Hagans has been added to the midseason watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award.
Here are details from UK:
ATLANTA – Ashton Hagans’ meteoric rise over the last month that began on the defensive end has lofted him into the conversation for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award.
Hagans was one of 15 players to appear on the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s midseason watch list on Tuesday. The list includes players whose defensive efforts on the court have set them apart from the pack.
The 6-foot-3 guard out of Cartersville, Georgia, is one of just two freshmen (Zion Williamson, Duke) on the midseason watch list and one of only two players from the Southeastern Conference (Grant Williams, Tennessee).