Sophomore Gators guard Scottie Lewis has been named to the preseason Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award watch list, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday.
He is one of 20 players across the country named to the watch list for the award, which will be announced on April 9, 2021. There are three rounds of voting, with the first round beginning on Nov. 6. The list will be narrowed from 20 to 10 by mid-February, and then it will be cut to five in March.
Lewis was a five-star recruit in the 2019 recruiting class, and he had a productive freshman season that saw him average 8.5 points and 3.6 rebounds.
He led the team in blocked shots with 36, the first-ever guard to do so, and he also led the team in free throw percentage (.817).
An SEC All-Freshman team selection, he totaled 10 double-figure scoring games.
Lewis chose not to test the NBA Draft waters following the premature cancelation of the 2019-20 college basketball season, and he returns to Gainesville as one of the most highly anticipated players in the nation.
Here’s the full watch list for the Jerry West Award.
2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List
| John Petty Jr. | Alabama |
| Terry Taylor | Austin Peay |
| MaCio Teague | Baylor |
| Matt Bradley | California |
| James Bouknight | Connecticut |
| Mitch Ballock | Creighton |
| Kellan Grady | Davidson |
| Antoine Davis | Detroit Mercy |
| DJ Steward | Duke |
| Scottie Lewis | Florida |
| MJ Walker | Florida State |
| Joel Ayayi | Gonzaga |
| Caleb Mills | Houston |
| Joe Wieskamp | Iowa |
| Ochai Agbaji | Kansas |
| Terrence Clarke | Kentucky |
| Franz Wagner | Michigan |
| Jordan Goodwin | Saint Louis |
| Justin Moore | Villanova |
| Paul Scruggs | Xavier |
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-21 season
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