COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M senior Danuel House was honored Wednesday with a spot on the watch list for the prestigious Naismith Award, which is presented annually to the men’s college basketball player who achieves great success on the court.
House is one of 50 players nationally named to the list, which will be trimmed to a midseason roll of 30 on Feb 11. 10 semifinalists will be chosen on March 2 before four finalists are named March 20 and a winner in announced April 3.
The Naismith Awards were founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to recognize accomplished athletes, coaches, officials and contributors to high school and college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, the creator of the game of basketball, the first Naismith trophy was awarded in 1969 to UCLA’s Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Already this season, House has been named First Team Preseason All-SEC by the league’s coaches and media voters who cover the league, while earning a spot on the watch list for the 2016 Wooden Award as well as the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award.