Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis named a finalist for 2023 Naismith Trophy – Inside the Hall

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior ahead Trayce Jackson-Davis was amongst 4 gamers chosen as a finalist for the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy, the Atlanta Journey-off Membership introduced Tuesday. The award is given yearly to the Males’s School Basketball Participant of the Yr.

He joins Zach Edey (Purdue), Drew Timme (Gonzaga), and Jalen Wilson (Kansas) as the boys’s finalists. The ladies’s finalists, Aliyah Boston (South Carolina), Caitlin Clark (Iowa), Elizabeth Kitley (Virginia Tech), and Maddy Siegrist (Villanova), have been additionally named within the launch.

Scott Could (1976) and Calbert Cheaney (1993) are the one Hoosiers to be named the Naismith Participant of the Yr in program historical past.

Jackson-Davis, a consensus All-American, averaged profession bests in factors (20.9), rebounds (10.8), assists (4.0), and blocked pictures (2.9) in his fourth and remaining season on campus. His scoring common marked the best for a Hoosier since Eric Gordon (20.9 factors per recreation in 2007-08), his rebounding determine was the best since Steve Downing (15.1 in 1972-73), and his block quantity was probably the most since Dean Garrett (3.4 in 1987-88).

TJD completed the season second amongst all main convention gamers in factors per recreation, fourth in rebounds per contest, and third in blocked pictures.

Through the two-game Hoosier run within the NCAA Match, the All-Large Ten First Crew performer averaged 23.5 factors, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 5.0 blocks per recreation. He posted the primary ever 20-point, 10-rebound, 5-assist, 5-block recreation in NCAA Match historical past within the Indiana win over Kent State within the opening spherical.

Jackson-Davis completed his collegiate profession as this system’s all-time chief in rebounds (1,143) and blocked pictures (270), third on the all-time scoring record (2,258), and third in double-doubles (50).

He has been named a Karl Malone Award Finalist, to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Late Season Watch Checklist, the John R. Picket Males’s Nationwide Poll, and the Naismith Trophy Defensive Participant of the Yr semifinalist record. TJD was additionally a unanimous selection for the All-Large Ten First Crew by the coaches, media, and Related Press whereas additionally gathering All-Large Ten Defensive Crew accolades.

“Every of the remaining candidates demonstrates a unbelievable basketball enjoying means, and their particular person accomplishments mirror their expertise and dedication to the game,” stated Eric Oberman, govt director of the Atlanta Tipoff Membership. “They’ve been instrumental to the success of their groups all through the season, and we might be proud to name any of those finalists a Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy winner.”

“Jersey Mike’s extends its heartfelt congratulations to those eight distinctive basketball gamers on being named a finalist for this prestigious award,” stated Jeff Hemschoot, vice chairman of promoting at Jersey Mike’s. “Their exceptional talent and dedication have each entertained and awed us all through the season, and we’re proud to honor their superb accomplishments.”

The 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Males’s Participant of the Yr announcement will happen on Sunday, April 2 on the Naismith Awards Brunch offered by Frost Financial institution through the Remaining 4 in Houston. The occasion can be held on the Ballroom at Bayou Place.

Followers will as soon as once more be capable of help their favourite finalist by way of the Naismith Awards Fan Vote offered by Jersey Mike’s, which runs Tuesday, March 21 by way of Tuesday, March 28 at naismithfanvote.com. The fan vote will account for 5 % of the general remaining vote. Followers might also go to the @MarchMadness Twitter web page to vote for his or her favourite males’s participant.