Country United States Currently held by Buddy Hield, Oklahoma | First awarded 2015 | |
Awarded for The nation's top male shooting guard in NCAA Division I basketball Presented by Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Official website | ||
The Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate shooting guard. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Julius Erving Award, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and Karl Malone Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015. It is named after NBA Finals Champion and NBA Finals MVP player Jerry West. The inaugural winner was D'Angelo Russell.
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