SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Gonzaga's Drew Timme was named one of the 10 candidates for the 2023 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Thursday.
 
Named after Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.
 
Timme recently moved to second on the GU career scoring list with 2,030 points. His 21.2 points per game leads the West Coast Conference and ranks 13th in the nation. The Dallas native also leads the WCC shooting 60.2 percent from the field. He is third in the nation with 203 made field goals and is ninth with 509 points. The senior is sixth in the conference grabbing 7.5 rebounds per game.
 
Timme won the Karl Malone Award in 2021 and was a finalist for last season's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. Last season, Timme was named a John R. Wooden Award Player of the Year Finalist, Wooden All-American, and Second Team All-American by Sporting News, the Associated Press, NABC and USBWA. Timme, a Preseason All-American and the 2022 West Coast Conference Player of the Year was named First Team All-Conference the last two seasons, after being named All-Freshman in 2019-20.
 
Fans can support their favorite players in the remaining rounds by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, February 10, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
 
In March, five finalists will be presented to Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The Selection Committee for the Karl Malone Award is composed of top men's college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers.
 
The winner of the 2023 Karl Malone Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard), Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard), Julius Erving Award (Small Forward) and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center), in addition to the Women's Starting Five.
 
Previous winners of the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award include Keegan Murray (2022), Timme (2021), Obi Toppin, Dayton (2020), Zion Williamson, Duke (2019), Deandre Ayton, Arizona (2018), Johnathan Motley, Baylor (2017), Georges Niang, Iowa State (2016) and Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (2015).
 
For more information on the 2023 Karl Malone Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #MaloneAward on Twitter and Instagram.
 
2023 Karl Malone Award Candidates*

Enrique Freeman	Akron	Drew Timme	Gonzaga
Ąžuolas Tubelis	Arizona	Trayce Jackson-Davis	Indiana
Hunter Tyson	Clemson	Kris Murray	Iowa
DaRon Holmes II	Dayton	Norchad Omier	Miami (Fla.)
Kyle Filipowski	Duke	Bryce Hopkins	Providence

 
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2022-23 season.