SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-After being named to the all-WCC preseason team Wednesday, Thursday, Brigham Young junior forward Yoeli Childs was named to the watch list for the Karl Malone award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Childs, who amassed 17.8 points and 8.6 rebounds last season for the Cougars, is one of 20 players on the watch list throughout the country.
The award, which dates back to 2010 and is named in honor of the former Louisiana Tech standout and 2-time NBA most valuable player and 2010 Hall of Famer Karl Malone, and is awarded to the top power forward in Division I men’s basketball.
Childs, a native of South Jordan, Utah and product of Bingham High School, shot 54.1 percent from the field in 2017-18 and amassed 15 double-doubles.
For his heroics, he was named to the NABC and USBWA All-District teams.
By mid-February, this watch list will be pared to 10 candidates and the winner of this award will be presented by Wendy’s in Los Angeles Friday April 12 at the College Basketball Awards.
Previous winners of this award include Arizona’s Deandre Ayton, Baylor’s Johnathan Motley, Iowa State’s Georges Niang and Louisville’s Montrezl Harrell.
Other standouts on the watch list include Duke’s Zion Williamson, Indiana’s Juwan Morgan, Minnesota’s Jordan Murphy and South Dakota State’s Mike Daum.
