Murphy Named to Malone Award Watch List
For the second straight season, University of Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy has been identified as one of the nation’s best power forwards, earning a spot on the Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List. The honor, which was announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame, is given to the top power forward in the country among Division I men’s basketball players.
Murphy, who was selected last week to the Preseason All-Big Ten team, is one of 20 honorees on the list. A second-team All-Big Ten selection last spring, Murphy set a new single-season school record and led the nation with 24 double-doubles, while also posting a new school record with 361 rebounds, tops among Big Ten players.
The San Antonio, Texas native ranked seventh in the conference scoring 16.8 points per game, reaching double figures in all but one, and was the team's leader with 32 steals and second-leading shot blocker with 32. He nabbed three Big Ten Player of the Week awards, just the second Gopher to ever do so.
By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner of the 2019 Karl Malone Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy’s in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 12, 2019, along with the other four members of the Naismith Starting 5. Additional awards being presented and receiving support from Eaton Ephesus Lighting include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award. Broadcast information will be released by ESPN at a later date.
2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates
Yoeli Childs - BYU
Zion Williamson - Duke
Juwan Morgan - Indiana
Dedric Lawson - Kansas
Dean Wade - Kansas St
Reid Travis - Kentucky
P.J. Washington - Kentucky
Jordan Murphy - Minnesota
Jordan Brown - Nevada
Luke Maye - North Carolina
Drew McDonald - Northern Kentucky
Chris Silva - South Carolina
Mike Daum - South Dakota State
Grant Williams - Tennessee
Devontae Cacok - UNCW
Bennie Boatwright - USC
Simisola Shittu - Vanderbilt
Eric Paschall - Villanova
Noah Dickerson - Washington
Sagaba Konate - West Virginia
For the second straight season, University of Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy has been identified as one of the nation’s best power forwards, earning a spot on the Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List. The honor, which was announced by the Basketball Hall of Fame, is given to the top power forward in the country among Division I men’s basketball players.
Murphy, who was selected last week to the Preseason All-Big Ten team, is one of 20 honorees on the list. A second-team All-Big Ten selection last spring, Murphy set a new single-season school record and led the nation with 24 double-doubles, while also posting a new school record with 361 rebounds, tops among Big Ten players.
The San Antonio, Texas native ranked seventh in the conference scoring 16.8 points per game, reaching double figures in all but one, and was the team's leader with 32 steals and second-leading shot blocker with 32. He nabbed three Big Ten Player of the Week awards, just the second Gopher to ever do so.
By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner of the 2019 Karl Malone Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy’s in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 12, 2019, along with the other four members of the Naismith Starting 5. Additional awards being presented and receiving support from Eaton Ephesus Lighting include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award. Broadcast information will be released by ESPN at a later date.
2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates
Yoeli Childs - BYU
Zion Williamson - Duke
Juwan Morgan - Indiana
Dedric Lawson - Kansas
Dean Wade - Kansas St
Reid Travis - Kentucky
P.J. Washington - Kentucky
Jordan Murphy - Minnesota
Jordan Brown - Nevada
Luke Maye - North Carolina
Drew McDonald - Northern Kentucky
Chris Silva - South Carolina
Mike Daum - South Dakota State
Grant Williams - Tennessee
Devontae Cacok - UNCW
Bennie Boatwright - USC
Simisola Shittu - Vanderbilt
Eric Paschall - Villanova
Noah Dickerson - Washington
Sagaba Konate - West Virginia
