On the eve of the 2017-18 season, Butler senior Kelan Martin picked up yet another preseason recognition, being named to The Citizen Naismith Trophy watch list.
 
The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced 50 players for the coveted award, which will be presented for the 50^th time on April 1, 2018. A list of the midseason 30 team will be released on Feb. 14, 2018.
 
Martin is also on watch lists for the Julius Erving Award (given to the nation's top small forward) and the Lute Olson Award, which is CollegeInsider.com's National Player of the Year Award (presented to a player who has been in college for at least two seasons).  

Martin earned one of the spots on the preseason All-BIG EAST first team after averaging 16.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game a season ago. Those marks placed eighth and ninth, respectively, in the BIG EAST for the 2016-17 season. He shot 78 percent from the free throw line, also in the Top 10 among conference players.
 
The 6-7 forward from Louisville, Ky., scored 20 or more points in 10 games for the Bulldogs last season, and led the team in scoring 15 times. He has been voted an All-BIG EAST second team performer by the conference's head coaches following each of the past two seasons.
 
Martin enters the season with 1,304 career points, a total that already ranks 23^rd on Butler's all-time scoring list.

Butler opens the regular season Friday night, hosting Kennesaw State at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
 

NAME	CLASS	POSITION	SCHOOL
Jaylen Adams	Sr.	G	St. Bonaventure
Deng Adel	Jr.	F	Louisville
Rawle Alkins	So.	G	Arizona
Grayson Allen	Sr.	G	Duke
KeVaughn Allen	Jr.	G	Florida
Deandre Ayton	Fr.	F	Arizona
Marvin Bagley III	Fr.	F	Duke
Mohamed Bamba	Fr.	F	Texas
Joel Berry II	Sr.	G	North Carolina
Trevon Bluiett	Sr.	G	Xavier
Bennie Boatwright	Jr.	F	USC
Miles Bridges	So.	G/F	Michigan State
Bruce Brown	So.	G	Miami
Jalen Brunson	Jr.	G	Villanova
Jeffrey Carroll	Sr.	G	Oklahoma State
Jevon Carter	Sr.	G	West Virginia
Wendell Carter Jr.	Fr.	F	Duke
Bonzie Colson	Sr.	F	Notre Dame
Mike Daum	Jr.	F	South Dakota State
Tyler Davis	Jr.	C	Texas A&M
Angel Delgado	Sr.	C	Seton Hall
Hamidou Diallo	Fr.	G	Kentucky
Trevon Duval	Fr.	G	Duke
Vince Edwards	Sr.	F	Purdue
Matt Farrell	Sr.	G	Notre Dame
Marcus Foster	Sr.	G	Creighton
Devonte' Graham	Sr.	G	Kansas
Ethan Happ	Jr.	F	Wisconsin
Aaron Holiday	Jr.	G	UCLA
Chandler Hutchison	Sr.	G	Boise State
Justin Jackson	So.	F	Maryland
Kevin Knox	Fr.	F	Kentucky
Jock Landale	Sr.	C	St. Mary's
Kelan Martin	Sr.	F	Butler
Nate Mason	Sr.	G	Minnesota
Yante Maten	Sr.	F	Georgia
Bryant McIntosh	Sr.	G	Northwestern
Jordan McLaughlin	Sr.	G	USC
Chimezie Metu	Jr.	F	USC
Shake Milton	Jr.	G	SMU
Malik Newman	So.	G	Kansas
Michael Porter Jr.	Fr.	F	Missouri
Collin Sexton	Fr.	G	Alabama
Landry Shamet	So.	G	Wichita State
Reid Travis	Sr.	F	Stanford
Allonzo Trier	Jr.	G	Arizona
Moritz Wagner	Jr.	F	Michigan
Nick Ward	So.	F	Michigan State
Jonathan Williams	Sr.	F	Gonzaga
Robert Williams	So.	F	Texas A&M