Starting Five Fan Voting Presented by Dell Technologies to go Live on Friday, October 18
 
Butler senior Kamar Baldwin has been selected as one of 20 members of the watch list for the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the list Tuesday, Oct. 15.
 
Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its sixth year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
 
New to the award this season is Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2020 Jerry West Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 10, 2020, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five.
 
The conference's head coaches also selected Baldwin to the 2019-20 Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team.

Baldwin earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors in 2018-19. The native of Winder, Ga., placed seventh in the BIG EAST in scoring with a 17.0 average and was third in free throw shooting, making 85.0 percent. Having scored 1,453 points in three seasons with the Bulldogs, he has the fourth-best three-year scoring total in school history.
 
Baldwin's scoring average increased to 18.9 points per game in BIG EAST contests last season. He is already sixth on Butler's career steals list (162). Baldwin led the Bulldogs in scoring in 16 games a season ago, highlighted by 10 games registering 20 or more points.
 
Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award include RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015).
 
2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates* 
 

Isaiah Joe	Arkansas
Kamar Baldwin	Butler
Jarron Cumberland	Cincinnati
Ty-Shon Alexander	Creighton
Kellan Grady	Davidson
Antoine Davis	Detroit Mercy
Anthony Edwards	Georgia
Trent Frazier	Illinois
Joe Wieskamp	Iowa
Tyrese Maxey	Kentucky
Skylar Mays	LSU
Joshua Langford	Michigan State
Temple 'T.J.' Gibbs	Notre Dame
Breein Tyree	Ole Miss
Myles Powell	Seton Hall
A.J. Lawson	South Carolina
Mustapha Heron	St. John's
Desmond Bane	TCU
Jordan Bowden	Tennessee
Sam Merrill	Utah State

 
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2019-20 season*
 
About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 400 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo "Court of Dreams." Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the game's elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum and events, visit www.hoophall.com, follow @hoophall and #WestAward or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.