BOSTON, Mass. — Oakland junior point guard
Jalen Moore has been named to the 2021-22 Lou Henson Award preseason watch list.
The award, which is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I college basketball, honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
A season ago, Moore was selected to the 2020-21 Lou Henson Award mid-season watch list. The Cloverdale, Ind., native averaged 17.9 points, 8.4 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.7 steals en route to NABC All-District First Team honors and a spot on the Horizon League First Team. Moore led NCAA Division I in assists per game and total assists (252) while also tallying a team-leading 10 double-doubles, the most in the country by a player below 6-foot.
To add, Moore ranked second nationally in free throw makes (170), fourth nationally in triple-doubles (1), fifth nationally in minutes per game (37:50), and 23rd nationally in double-doubles (10). He recorded 18 points, 14 assists, and 11 rebounds against Detroit Mercy (1/22/21) for Oakland's first triple-double since Kay Felder (3/29/16).
Moore is one of just four individuals from the Horizon League on the 50-player list.
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.
The Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award will be announced in April 2022.
2021-22 Lou Henson Award Watch List (Preseason)
Jalen Moore – Oakland
Max Abmas – Oral Roberts
Fardaws Aimaq – Utah Valley
Theo Akwuba – Louisiana
Corey Allen – Georgia State
Neftali Alvarez – Mercer
Ahsan Asadullah – Lipscomb
Patrick Baldwin Jr. – Milwaukee
Ledarrius Brewer – ETSU
Johni Broome – Morehead State
Jamaree Bouyea – San Francisco
Hayden Brown – The Citadel
Tevin Brown – Murray State
D.J. Burns – Winthrop
Ryan Davis – Vermont
Antoine Davis Jr. – Detroit Mercy
Ty Flowers – Long Island University
A.J. Green – Northern Iowa
ShanQuan Hemphill – Drake
Tanner Holden – Wright State
Tevian Jones – Southern Utah
Nelly Junior Joseph – Iona
Tyreke Key – Indiana State
Peter Kiss – Bryant
Rocky Kreuser – North Dakota State
Kameron Langley – North Carolina A&T
Darius McGhee – Liberty
Jayveous McKinnis – Jackson State
Isiaih Mosely – Missouri State
Grayson Murphy – Belmont
Nick Muszynski – Belmont
KC Ndefo – Saint Peter's
Elijah Olyani – Stony Brook
Norchad Omier – Arkansas State
Roman Penn – Drake
Gaige Prim – Missouri State
Jalen Ray – Hofstra
Ryan Rollins – Toledo
Eli Scott – Loyola Marymount
Malachi Smith – Chattanooga
Amadou Sow – UC Santa Barbara
Azar Swain – Yale
Ben Vander Plas – Ohio
De'Torrion Ware – Morgan State
Collin Welp – UC Irvine
Walter Whyte – Boston University
Jeenathan Williams – Buffalo
Douglas Wilson – South Dakota State
John Michael Wright – High Point
Camren Wynter - Drexel
