Haggerty Named to Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Preseason Watch List

Men's BasketballOctober 27, 2026

Haggerty Named to Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Preseason Watch List

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Texas A&M men’s basketball newcomer PJ Haggerty was selected to the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Top 20 Preseason Watch List, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday afternoon.

Haggerty, who was already named to the Preseason All-SEC Third Team by the media, led the Aggies in their lone preseason exhibition against SMU, scoring 28 points while adding four assists and four steals. He came to Aggieland after spending the 2025-26 season at Kansas State where he started all 31 games he appeared in. He ranked fourth nationally and second in the Big 12 averaging 23.4 points per game, while adding 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the Wildcats. The 6-4, 195-pound guard tallied five 30-point games on the year, scoring a season-high 37 against Mississippi State.

Prior to his time in Manhattan, Haggerty made stops at Memphis and Tulsa after redshirting the 2022-23 season at TCU.

In 2024-25, he helped lead the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament after they claimed both an American Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season and tournament title. Haggerty was named a Second Team All-American by AP, USBWA and Sporting News, and a Third Team All-American by the NABC. He also finished as a top-five finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award and a top-15 finalist for the John R. Wooden Award. The AAC Player of the Year played in all 35 games and averaged 21.7 points on 47.6-percent (248-of-521) shooting, adding 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Haggerty was invited to the NBA Draft Combine following his impressive sophomore season.

Haggerty and the Aggies open the 2026-27 season Tuesday, Nov. 3 when they host Alabama State for a 7 p.m. tip at Reed Arena. Tickets are available here.

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