Earlier today, the 2017 National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award was released, and it included our own Caleb Swanigan. The ballot is comprised of 15 student-athletes from across the country. From the press release from Purdue Athletics:
Swanigan has had one of the top statistical seasons in not only Purdue history, but in college basketball over the last 25 years. The 6-foot, 9-inch sophomore from Fort Wayne, Indiana, leads the Big Ten (league games only) in scoring (18.9 ppg) and rebounds (12.5) and paces the country in double-doubles with 24, just two shy of the all-time Big Ten record set by Brad Sellers (1985-86) and the great Jerry Lucas (three times; 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62).