House Selected to Naismith Award Watch List

Texas A&M senior Danuel House was honored Wednesday with a spot on the watch list for the prestigious Naismith Award, which is presented annually to the men's college basketball player who achieves great success on the court.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M senior Danuel House was honored Wednesday with a spot on the watch list for the prestigious Naismith Award, which is presented annually to the men's college basketball player who achieves great success on the court.

House is one of 50 players nationally named to the list, which will be trimmed to a midseason roll of 30 on Feb 11. 10 semifinalists will be chosen on March 2 before four finalists are named March 20 and a winner in announced April 3.

The Naismith Awards were founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to recognize accomplished athletes, coaches, officials and contributors to high school and college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, the creator of the game of basketball, the first Naismith trophy was awarded in 1969 to UCLA's Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Already this season, House has been named First Team Preseason All-SEC by the league's coaches and media voters who cover the league, while earning a spot on the watch list for the 2016 Wooden Award as well as the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.

WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON TOP 50 WATCH LIST

NAME, SCHOOL
Grayson Allen, Duke
Ryan Anderson, Arizona
Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova
Ron Baker, Wichita St.
DeAndre Bembry, Saint Joseph
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Jaylen Brown, California
Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Kellen Dunham, Butler
Kris Dunn, Providence
Perry Ellis, Kansas
AJ English, Iona
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Rico Gathers, Baylor
Michael Gbinjie, Syracuse
Jack Gibbs, Davidson
AJ Hammons, Purdue
Shaquille Harrison, Tulsa
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Danuel House, Texas A&M
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame
Justin Jackson, North Carolina
Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
Skal Labissiere, Kentucky
Damion Lee, Louisville
Caris LeVert, Michigan
Frank Mason III, Kansas
Sheldon McClellan, Miami (Fla.)
Nic Moore, SMU
Monte Morris, Iowa State
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Malik Newman, Mississippi State
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Gary Payton II, Oregon State
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga
Wayne Selden Jr., Kansas
Ben Simmons, LSU
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Georgetown
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Isaiah Taylor, Texas
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Fred VanVleet, Wichita St.
Tyrone Wallace, California
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga