WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State's Landry Shamet made the cut Thursday for the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25.
Players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2017 John R. Wooden Award, given annually to college basketball's top performer.
Shamet – a redshirt sophomore point guard from Kansas City, Mo. – was on preseason watch lists for three other national player of the year honors: the Naismith Trophy, the Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Lute Olson Award.
Shamet averages a team-high 16.1 points for the fifth-ranked Shockers (13-2, 3-0 American).