SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (October 29, 2024) — The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 20 watch-list candidates for the 2025 Jerry West Award on Tuesday, and Arizona's Caleb Love was among those to make the list. The 2024 Pac-12 Player of the Year was one of five finalists for the award last year as he helped the Wildcats win the Pac-12 Conference regular season title. Love has been named an Associated Press First Team Preseason All-American and was on the Big 12 Conference preseason first team all-conference.
The annual Jerry West Award, named after the late Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player, celebrates its 11th year by highlighting the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball.
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2025 Jerry West Award Candidates*
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Caleb Love
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Arizona
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Johnell Davis
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Arkansas
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Boogie Fland
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Arkansas
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VJ Edgecombe
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Baylor
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Caleb Foster
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Duke
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Kon Knueppel
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Duke
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Tyon Grant-Foster
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Grand Canyon
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LJ Cryer
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Houston
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Zeke Mayo
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Kansas
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Kam Jones
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Marquette
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Jalil Bethea
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Miami (Fla.)
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RJ Davis
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North Carolina
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Meechie Johnson Jr.
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Ohio State
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Matthew Murrell
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Ole Miss
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Fletcher Loyer
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Purdue
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Kadary Richmond
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St. John's
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Chaz Lanier
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Tennessee
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Tre Johnson
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Texas
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Aidan Mahaney
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UConn
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Hunter Sallis
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Wake Forest
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*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2024-25 season.
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting in each of the three rounds starting on Friday, November 1. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2025 Jerry West Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February, to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to West's family and the Hall of Fame's selection committees, where winners will be selected. The Selection Committees for the Jerry West Award is composed of top college basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors, and Hall of Famers.
The winner of the 2024 West Award will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Men's and Women's Starting Five.
Previous winners of the Jerry West Award are RJ Davis, North Carolina (2024), Marcus Sasser, Houston (2023), Johnny Davis, Wisconsin (2022), 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 2025 Jerry West and Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.comand follow @hoophallu, #WestAward, and #MeyersAward on X and Instagram.
