WATCH: 7’4″ Zach Edey shooting 85% FG with point totals of 16 and 22 to start the season, is added onto the Kareem Award watch list.

 

 

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue sophomore center Zach Edey was among 20 collegiate shooting guards named to the 2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday.

The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award is given annually to the nation’s top center. Last season, Iowa’s Luka Garza was the recipient.

Edey has scored 16 points and 22 points in two blowout games to start the season with minimal minutes.   He is shooting at an umbelievable 85% field goal rate.

 

 

2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Candidates

• Walker Kessler, Auburn
• Nick Muszynski, Belmont
• Mark Williams, Duke
• Colin Castleton, Florida
• Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga
• Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
• David McCormack, Kansas
• Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
• Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb
• Qudus Wahab, Maryland
• Jalen Duren, Memphis
• Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
• Armando Bacot, North Carolina
• Moussa Cisse, Oklahoma State
• Nate Watson, Providence
• Zach Edey, Purdue
• Osun Osunniyi, St. Bonaventure
• Myles Johnson, UCLA
• Fardaws Aimaq, Utah Valley
• Liam Robbins, Vanderbilt