ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Saint Louis University guard Jordan Goodwin is one of 10 candidates for the 2021 Jerry West Award.
Sponsored by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the award goes to the nation's top shooting guard award.
Goodwin is averaging 16.9 points and an Atlantic 10 Conference-leading 11.1 rebound per game. Additionally, he is dishing out 3.8 assists per game and posts 2.1 steals per game.
Goodwin has registered a points/rebounds double-double in all but one game this season, and he has 30 for his career. He is the Billikens’ all-time steals leader, is a 1,000-point scorer, and is in the top five on SLU’s all-time rebounds list.
The winner of the 2021 Jerry West Award will be presented April 9, along with the other four members of the Men’s Starting Five, which include: Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award, the Karl Malone Power Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award.
Fans can vote online for who they'd like to win each of the Starting Five awards. The poll by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday on HoophallAwards.com.
2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Terry Taylor - Austin Peay
MaCio Teague - Baylor
James Bouknight - Connecticut
Joel Ayayi - Gonzaga
Joe Wieskamp - Iowa
Ochai Agbaji - Kansas
Cameron Thomas - LSU
Franz Wagner - Michigan
Chris Duarte - Oregon
Jordan Goodwin - Saint Louis
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