Tre Mitchell Named To Karl Malone Award Watch List

AMHERST, Mass. – Tre Mitchell, who took the Atlantic 10 by storm en route to conference Rookie of the Year honors last season, is back for more in 2020-21. On Thursday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that the sophomore is one of 20 players named to the watch list for the 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award.

Named after Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its seventh year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.

College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds, starting Friday, November 6. For more information, click here. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In late February, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee.

Mitchell, who burst onto the scene in Amherst with one of the top freshman seasons in program history in 2019-20. Mitchell, who was also named to the A-10 Second Team and to the league's rookie team, finished the year averaging 22.9 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per game over his final nine games. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native became the first rookie since Marcus Camby in 1994 to be named to the Atlantic 10's First, Second or Third team.

Mitchell was a six-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since Rashaun Freeman in 2003-04, and broke the UMass freshman record for field goals in a season with 206, previously held by Jim McCoy (193 in 1988-89). Mitchell was also on pace to break the freshman points record, finishing eight shy of tying the program record of 555.

The winner of the 2021 Karl Malone Award will be presented on Friday, April 9, 2021, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, the Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women's Starting Five.

2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates*
Mark Vital - Baylor
Aamir Simms - Clemson
Matthew Hurt - Duke
Drew Timme - Gonzaga
Trayce Jackson-Davis - Indiana
Isaiah Jackson - Kentucky
Trendon Watford - LSU
Tre Mitchell - Massachusetts
Garrison Brooks - North Carolina
Seth Towns - Ohio State
Brady Manek - Oklahoma
Hasahn French - Saint Louis
Sandro Mamukelashvili - Seton Hall
Oscar da Silva - Stanford
John Fulkerson - Tennessee
Greg Brown - Texas
Kevin Marfo - Texas A&M
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl - Villanova
Oscar Tshiebwe - West Virginia
Nate Reuvers - Wisconsin

*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2020-2021 season*

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