The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame today announced Duke sophomore Mark Williams as one of 10 watch list members for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
Named after Class of 1995 Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top centers in men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in November, which has now been narrowed to 10.
Williams has established himself as a strong presence on the interior this season, as the 7-foot-1 big man ranks 11th nationally and leads the ACC with 3.