ATLANTA – Gonzaga's Graham Ike was named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy preseason watch list for the 2025-26 Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Monday.
 
Ike is 41 points from 2,000 in his career. He has started in 108 of his 115 career appearances. Last season led the WCC in field goal percentage (59.8), was third in scoring (17.3), and fifth in rebounding (7.3). He is coming off back-to-back First Team All-Conference selections. The Colorado native was named Preseason All-American by multiple outlets after earning the WCC Tournament Most Outstanding Player honor last year.
 
2026 Naismith Trophy Player of the Year – Preseason Watch List

Darius Acuff Jr.	Freshman	Guard	Arkansas
Nate Ament	Freshman	Forward	Tennessee
Robbie Avila	Senior	Center	St. Louis
Solo Ball	Junior	Guard	UConn
Nate Bittle	Senior	Center	Oregon
John Blackwell	Junior	Guard	Wisconsin
Cameron Boozer	Freshman	Forward	Duke
Mikel Brown Jr.	Freshman	Guard	Louisville
Markus Burton	Junior	Guard	Notre Dame
Alex Condon	Junior	Forward/Center	Florida
Ryan Conwell	Senior	Guard	Louisville
Donovan Dent	Senior	Guard	UCLA
Tucker DeVries	Senior	Forward	Indiana
Josh Dix	Senior	Guard	Creighton
A.J. Dybantsa	Freshman	Forward	BYU
Zuby Ejiofor	Senior	Forward	St. John's
Isaiah Evans	Sophomore	Guard/Forward	Duke
Boogie Fland	Sophomore	Guard	Florida
Ja'Kobi Gillespie	Senior	Guard	Tennessee
P.J. Haggerty	Junior	Guard	Kansas State
Thomas Haugh	Junior	Forward	Florida
Bryce Hopkins	Graduate Student	Forward/Guard	St. John's
Josh Hubbard	Junior	Guard	Mississippi State
Graham Ike	Graduate Student	Forward	Gonzaga
Tomislav Ivišić	Junior	Center	Illinois
Ian Jackson	Sophomore	Guard	St. John's
Alex Karaban	Senior	Forward	UConn
Trey Kaufman-Renn	Senior	Forward	Purdue
Xaivian Lee	Senior	Guard	Florida
Yaxel Lendeborg	Graduate Student	Forward	Michigan
Tamin Lipsey	Senior	Guard	Iowa State
Jaland Lowe	Junior	Guard	Kentucky
Nick Martinelli	Senior	Forward	Northwestern
Otega Oweh	Senior	Guard	Kentucky
Koa Peat	Freshman	Forward	Arizona
Darryn Peterson	Freshman	Guard	Kansas
Tahaad Pettiford	Sophomore	Guard	Auburn
Labaron Philon Jr.	Sophomore	Guard	Alabama
Richie Saunders	Senior	Forward	BYU
Emanuel Sharp	Senior	Guard	Houston
Jackson Shelstad	Junior	Guard	Oregon
Braden Smith	Senior	Guard	Purdue
Bennett Stirtz	Senior	Guard	Iowa
Andrej Stojaković	Junior	Guard	Illinois
Bruce Thornton	Senior	Guard	Ohio State
JT Toppin	Junior	Forward	Texas Tech
Joseph Tugler	Junior	Forward	Houston
Milos Uzan	Senior	Guard	Houston
Darrion Williams	Senior	Forward	NC State
Caleb Wilson	Freshman	Forward	North Carolina