SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – With Hamidou Diallo already on the preseason watch list for the Jerry West Award, freshman forward Kevin Knox was announced Wednesday as one of 20 candidates for the 2018 Julius Erving Award, which is presented annually to the top small forward in the country.
Knox is looking to become the first winner of the award in school history.
The Erving Award be presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the nation’s top small forward for the fourth consecutive season. The Hall of Fame announced its original list Thursday.
The three previous winners of the award include Villanova’s Josh Hart (2017), Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine (2016) and Arizona’s Stanley Johnson (2015).