TUCSON, Ariz. - The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the five finalists for the 2025 Jerry West Award, which honors the top shooting guard in the country each season. Arizona fifth-year guard Caleb Love is one of the finalists for the second straight season.  
 
Joining Love as a finalist are VJ Edgecombe (Baylor), PJ Haggerty (Memphis), Chaz Lanier (Tennessee) and Tre Johnson (Texas).  
 
In his second year at Arizona, Love is sixth in the Big 12 in scoring (16.2), fourth in free throw percentage (87.2%) and fourth in 3-point field goals made per game (2.48). He is one of 14 players in NCAA history to score 1,000 points at two different schools and is one of five active players in the country that has scored over 2,500 points in his college career. Love has led the Wildcats to a 13-5 mark in Big 12 play, which is tied for second, with two games remaining in the regular season.  
 
Later this month, the finalists will be presented to Jerry West and the Hall of Fame's selection committees. The Selection Committees for the Jerry West Award is composed of top men's and women's college basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors, and Hall of Famers. 
  
The winners of the 2025 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. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy and Nancy Lieberman Awards (Point Guard), Julius Erving and Cheryl Miller Awards (Small Forward), Karl Malone and Katrina McClain Awards (Power Forward), and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lisa Leslie Awards (Center).  
 
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). 
 
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