WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that Trevion Williams was named to the watch list for the 2021 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. The list comprises 20 players in the running to be named college basketball's top center.
Williams is one of five Big Ten players to be named to the watch list, joining Illinois' Kofi Cockburn, Iowa's Luka Garza, Minnesota's Liam Robbins and Wisconsin's Micah Potter on the list.
Williams was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection a year ago after averaging 11.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in just 21.4 minutes per game. He was the only player in America to average 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in under 22.0 minutes per contest. In a January loss to Michigan a year ago, Williams posted 36 points and 20 rebounds, the nation's lone 30-20 game last season.
It marks the second straight year that Williams has been named to a positional watch list after he was on the preseason Malone Award watch list last year.
Williams is one of five Big Ten players to be named to the watch list, joining Illinois' Kofi Cockburn, Iowa's Luka Garza, Minnesota's Liam Robbins and Wisconsin's Micah Potter on the list.
Williams was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection a year ago after averaging 11.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in just 21.4 minutes per game. He was the only player in America to average 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in under 22.0 minutes per contest. In a January loss to Michigan a year ago, Williams posted 36 points and 20 rebounds, the nation's lone 30-20 game last season.
It marks the second straight year that Williams has been named to a positional watch list after he was on the preseason Malone Award watch list last year.