SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Gonzaga's Jordan Mathews was named one of the 10 finalists for the 2017 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday.

Named after Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its third year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in October, which has now been narrowed to just 10.

Mathews currently averages 10.5 points per game, 11.3 in West Coast Conference play. He has a team-high 51 made three-pointers so far this season, at nearly 40 percent from behind-the-arc. The senior is fifth in the conference averaging 2.3 made three-pointers per outing.

In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame's selection committee for the 2017 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. The winner of the 2017 Jerry West Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show live from The Novo by Microsoft in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, April 7, 2017. Broadcast information will be released at a later date.

Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015). For more information on the 2017 Jerry West Award, log onto www.HoophallAwards.com.