Springfield, Mass. -- Creighton's Ty-Shon Alexander was announced today by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as one of 10 members on the watch list for the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. 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 narrowed down the watch list from 20 to just 10 candidates.
Alexander is one of three BIG EAST representatives on the candidate list, as he's joined by Kamar Baldwin (Butler) and Myles Powell (Seton Hall).