CORVALLIS, Ore. – Tres Tinkle was one of 20 NCAA Division I student-athletes named to the Julius Erving Award Watch List for the nation's top small forward, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Wednesday.
The Hall of Fame oversees a total of five awards named after legendary hall of famers at each position – point guard (Bob Cousy), shooting guard (Jerry West), small forward (Julius Erving), power forward (Karl Malone) and center (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).
By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2017 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10.