Nov. 15, 2016 LOS ANGELES -- Gonzaga men's basketball's Nigel Williams-Goss was named to the 2017 John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50, announced Tuesday.
The award is the most prestigious collegiate basketball honor and recognizes the nation's most outstanding basketball player each year. Williams-Goss was the lone mention from the West Coast Conference.
Williams-Goss was recently named to the Bob Cousy Award and Naismith Trophy Watch Lists. Through the first two games of the season at GU, he is averaging 12 points per outing. The redshirt junior grabbed eight rebounds in both games. He also has a team-high nine assists through the first two games.
The list will be narrowed to a midseason, late and finally a National Ballot list. The Wooden Award All-American team will be announced during the 'Elite Eight' round of the NCAA Tournament, while the recipient of the John R. Wooden Award will be announced during ESPN's College Basketball Awards Show presented by Wendy's on April 7, 2017.
Gonzaga welcomes Bryant Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Wooden Award Preseason Top 50
Name | School | Conference | Height | Class | Position |
Jaylen Adams | St. Bonaventure | Atlantic 10 | 6-5 | Jr. | G |
Edrice Adebayo | Kentucky | SEC | 6-10 | Fr. | F |
Grayson Allen | Duke | ACC | 6-5 | Jr. | G |
Jarrett Allen | Texas | Big 12 | 6-11 | Fr. | F |
Dwayne Bacon | Florida State | ACC | 6-7 | Soph. | G |
Lonzo Ball | UCLA | Pac-12 | 6-6 | Fr. | G |
V.J. Beachem | Notre Dame | ACC | 6-8 | Sr. | F |
Joel Berry II | North Carolina | ACC | 6-0 | Jr. | G |
James Blackmon, Jr. | Indiana | Big Ten | 6-4 | Jr. | G |
Antonio Blakeney | LSU | SEC | 6-4 | Soph. | G |
Jaron Blossomgame | Clemson | ACC | 6-7 | Sr. | F |
Trevon Bluiett | Xavier | Big East | 6-6 | Jr. | G |
Chris Boucher | Oregon | Pac-12 | 6-10 | Sr. | F |
Miles Bridges | Michigan State | Big Ten | 6-7 | Fr. | G/F |
Dillon Brooks | Oregon | Pac-12 | 6-7 | Jr. | F |
Thomas Bryant | Indiana | Big Ten | 6-10 | Soph. | C |
Tyler Dorsey | Oregon | Pac-12 | 6-4 | Soph. | G |
Jawun Evans | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 6-1 | Soph. | G |
De'Aaron Fox | Kentucky | SEC | 6-3 | Fr. | G |
Markelle Fultz | Washington | Pac-12 | 6-4 | Fr. | G |
Jack Gibbs | Davidson | Atlantic 10 | 6-0 | Sr. | G |
Harry Giles | Duke | ACC | 6-10 | Fr. | F |
Devonte' Graham | Kansas | Big 12 | 6-2 | Jr. | G |
Ethan Happ | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 6-10 | Soph. | F |
Josh Hart | Villanova | Big East | 6-5 | Sr. | G |
Nigel Hayes | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 6-8 | Sr. | F |
Malcolm Hill | Illinois | Big Ten | 6-6 | Sr. | G |
Josh Jackson | Kansas | Big 12 | 6-8 | Fr. | G |
Justin Jackson | North Carolina | ACC | 6-8 | Jr. | F/G |
Kris Jenkins | Villanova | Big East | 6-6 | Sr. | F |
Peter Jok | Iowa | Big Ten | 6-6 | Sr. | G |
Moses Kingsley | Arkansas | SEC | 6-10 | Sr. | F |
Bronson Koenig | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 6-3 | Sr. | G |
Dedric Lawson | Memphis | The American | 6-9 | Soph. | G/F |
Tyler Lydon | Syracuse | ACC | 6-9 | Soph. | F |
Lauri Markkanen | Arizona | Pac-12 | 7-0 | Fr. | F |
Frank Mason III | Kansas | Big 12 | 5-11 | Sr. | G |
Malik Monk | Kentucky | SEC | 6-3 | Fr. | G |
Monte Morris | Iowa State | Big 12 | 6-3 | Sr. | G |
Austin Nichols | Virginia | ACC | 6-9 | Jr. | F |
London Perrantes | Virginia | ACC | 6-2 | Sr. | G |
Alec Peters | Valparaiso | Horizon League | 6-9 | Sr. | F |
Ivan Rabb | California | Pac-12 | 6-11 | Soph. | F |
Dennis Smith, Jr. | NC State | ACC | 6-3 | Fr. | G |
Edmond Sumner | Xavier | Big East | 6-6 | Soph. | G |
Caleb Swanigan | Purdue | Big Ten | 6-9 | Soph. | F |
Jayson Tatum | Duke | ACC | 6-8 | Fr. | F |
Melo Trimble | Maryland | Big Ten | 6-3 | Jr. | G |
Maurice Watson, Jr | Creighton | Big East | 5-10 | Sr. | G |
Nigel Williams-Goss | Gonzaga | WCC | 6-3 | Jr. | G |
