SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Wofford shooting guard Fletcher Magee was selected to the 2019 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award watch list on Tuesday. Presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the award honors the top shooting guard in Division I men's college basketball.
A national committee comprising top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
A native of Orlando, Florida, Magee is coming off a junior season in which he averaged 22.1 points per game while shooting 43.9 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. Magee scored in double figures in all but one game during the 2017-18 season, eclipsing the 30-point mark six times while shooting 48.4 percent from the floor. Magee had a number of standout games last season, including a 36-point performance in a Wofford victory over the ACC's Georgia Tech and a 27-point performance in a win over No. 5 North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Magee, who was named Malcolm U. Pitt Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league’s media, scored a career-high 45 points in a victory over Chattanooga, en route to his third SoCon Player of the Week award of the 2017-18 season. A first-team All-SoCon pick by both the coaches and the media last season, Magee scored a league-best 21.1 points per game in SoCon play, draining 75 treys.
Magee and the Terriers open up the 2018-19 campaign on Nov. 6, welcoming the North Carolina Tar Heels to Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium.
For more information on the 2019 Jerry West Award and the latest updates, visit www.hoophallawards.com. The award is named after SoCon Hall of Famer Jerry West, who averaged 24.8 points and 13.3 rebounds per game in his three-year career at West Virginia University. He was a two-time SoCon Player of the Year and was named MVP of the Final Four and was a consensus All-American in 1959.
2019 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates
Bryce Brown, Auburn
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati
Kellan Grady, Davidson
RJ Barrett, Duke
KeVaughn Allen, Florida
Zach Norvell, Gonzaga
Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra
Romeo Langford, Indiana
Quentin Grimes, Kansas
Barry Brown, Kansas State
Tyler Herro, Kentucky
Quinndary Weatherspoon, Mississippi State
James Palmer Jr., Nebraska
T.J. Gibbs, Notre Dame
Mustapha Heron, St. John's
Tyus Battle, Syracuse
Jarrett Culver, Texas Tech
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Jaylen Nowell, Washington
Fletcher Magee, Wofford