Sahvir Wheeler, Kellan Grady named to watch lists for Hoophall awards

It is award watch list season, and two Kentucky Wildcats are in contention for hardware at their respective positions. Sahvir Wheeler is on the preseason watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation’s top point guard, and Kellan Grady is up for the Jerry West Award, presented to the nation’s top shooting guard.

Wheeler was also named First Team All-SEC by the media this morning. As a sophomore at Georgia, he led the SEC in assists per game with 7.4 and led the Bulldogs in scoring (14.0 points per game) and steals (1.7 per game). He was fifth in the country in assists per game and third in total assists. In only 24 games, Wheeler broke Georgia’s single-season assist record with 193 dimes.

Grady was named Second Team All-SEC this morning. At Davidson, he totaled 2,002 career points on 47.2% shooting. With 240 career 3-pointers, Grady has made at least 51 threes in all four seasons and shot a career-best 38.2% from behind the arc in 2020-21. He has 21 games with at least four 3-pointers. At Davidson, he was a four-time All-A-10 selection, including a two-time first-team pick. He averaged 17.4 points per game in his four-year Davidson career, 17.1 this past season as a senior.

Kentucky is no stranger to the Hoophall Awards. In 2016, Tyler Ulis won the Bob Cousy Award, and in 2017, Malik Monk took home the Jerry West Award. The watch lists for the Julius Erving (small forward), Karl Malone (power forward), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (center) Awards will be announced soon. They’ll probably include more Wildcats.

2022 Bob Cousy Award Watch List

PLAYER NAME	SCHOOL
Jahvon Quinerly	Alabama
Antoine Davis	Detroit
Jeremy Roach	Duke
Andrew Nembhard	Gonzaga
Andre Curbelo	Illinois
Remy Martin	Kansas
Sahvir Wheeler	Kentucky
DaVante Jones	Michigan
Caleb Love	North Carolina
Max Abmas	Oral Roberts
Will Richardson	Oregon
Kendric Davis	SMU
Kyle Lofton	St. Bonaventure
Kennedy Chandler	Tennessee
Marcus Carr	Texas
Tyger Campbell	UCLA
Scottie Pippen Jr.	Vanderbilt
Collin Gillespie	Villanova
Kihei Clark	Virginia
Paul Scruggs	Xavier

2022 Jerry West Award Watch List

PLAYER NAME	SCHOOL
Jaden Shackelford	Alabama
Bennedict Mathurin	Arizona
Adam Flagler	Baylor
Hunter Sallis	Gonzaga
Ochai Agbaji	Kansas
Kellan Grady	Kentucky
Taevion Kinsey	Marshall
Eric Ayala	Mayland
Landers Nolley	Memphis
Isaiah Wong	Miami
Eli Brooks	Michigan
De’Vion Harmon	Oregon
Jaden Ivey	Purdue
Matt Bradley	San Diego St.
Jared Rhoden	Seton Hall
Buddy Boeheim	Syracuse
Andrew Jones	Texas
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Texas Tech
Johnny Juzang	UCLA
Justin Moore	Villanova