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Mark Sears named to Wooden Award late midseason watch list

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Alabama guard Mark Sears
Alabama guard Mark Sears (Courtesy of UA Athletics)

Alabama men’s basketball guard Mark Sears is one of 20 candidates selected to the 2025 Wooden Award Late Midseason Watch List presented by Principal, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Selected by a panel of national college basketball experts, the list comprises 20 student-athletes who are frontrunners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball: the Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player.

Mark Sears Notes

  • Sears is one of four players in the SEC named to the 2025 Wooden Award Watch List
  • Currently, Sears is the only SEC player to rank in the top five in both scoring (No. 3, 17.8 ppg) and assists (No. 3, 4.9 apg)
  • Sears became the 82nd player in Division I history with 2,500 career points and ranks second among active Division I players with 2,578 points
  • During conference play, the native of Muscle Shoals, Ala. ranks second in assists (6.0 apg) and sixth in points (17.6 ppg)
  • Since 2004, Sears is the 23rd player throughout Division I to have 63 career games scoring 20 points or more and is currently the only active player in Division I
  • Named the Southeastern Conference Preseason Player of the Year while earning a Preseason All-SEC First Team selection

*** This information was acquired from a recent press release from Alabama Athletics.

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