Indiana University Athletics
Ferrell On Naismith Trophy Top 50 Watch List
12/3/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 3, 2014
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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the Top 50 Watch List for the Naismith Trophy on Wednesday and Indiana junior guard Kevin Yogi Ferrell was among those listed. The Big Ten Conference had a total of seven student-athletes recognized on the watch list.
Ferrell, an Indianapolis native, is averaging 17.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and over five assists per game through the first seven games of the 2014-15 season. He is also shooting 47.5 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from behind the 3-point line.
He is also on the Wooden Award and Cousy Trophy Early Season Watch Lists.
About Atlanta Tipoff Club
Founded during the 1956-57 season, the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an Atlanta Sports Council property, is committed to promoting the game of basketball and recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of those who make the game so exciting. The Atlanta Tipoff Club administers the Naismith Awards, which have become the most prestigious national honors in all of college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T recognizes the top Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Players of the Year. Other Naismith Awards are presented to the Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Coaches of the Year, Boy’s and Girl’s high school basketball players and coaches of the year, high school scholar-athletes, basketball officials, student sections and overall contributors to the game. The Naismith Trophy was first presented to UCLA’s Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) in 1969. Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan won the inaugural Women’s Naismith Trophy in 1983.
