SPRINGFIELD, MASS.  – On Tuesday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 10-person watch list for the 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award and Arizona's Bennedict Mathurin was included on the list.
 
Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.

Mathurin, a native of Montreal, is averaging 17.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists through 19 games for the seventh-ranked Wildcats. He's also shooting 45.7% from the field and 36.5% from the 3-point line while his 18 steals are tied for second on the team. He was named the National Player of the Week earlier this year and won back-to-back Pac-12 Player of the Week honors as well. Mathurin was also named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List yesterday.
 
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late February, the watch list of 10 players for the 2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to 5. In March those finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected. 
 
The winner of the 2022 Jerry West Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award, the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women's Starting Five.
 
Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include Chris Duarte, Oregon (2021), Myles Powell, Seton Hall (2020), RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015).
 
For more information on the 2022 Jerry West Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #WestAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, February 4.
  
2022 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates* 

Bennedict Mathurin	Arizona
Adam Flagler	Baylor
Izaiah Brockington	Iowa State
Ochai Agbaji	Kansas
TyTy Washington Jr.	Kentucky
Jaden Ivey	Purdue
Buddy Boeheim	Syracuse
Johnny Juzang	UCLA
Justin Moore	Villanova
Johnny Davis	Wisconsin

 
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2021-22 season*