SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-Thursday, BYU men’s basketball senior forward Yoeli Childs has been named to the watch list for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award for the second consecutive year.

This honor, now in its sixth year, recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men’s college basketball.

Childs, who averaged 21.2 points and 9.7 rebounds per game last season, while netting 17 double-doubles in 2018-19, is the only representative from a school in the Beehive State on the list.

Childs was named to the all-West Coast Conference first team and the NABC and USBWA all-district first teams last season.

Childs currently ranks 14th in program history in points (1,609), ninth in field goals made (626), fifth in rebounds (882) and fifth in blocks (142).

Previous winners of the Karl Malone Award include Zion Williamson of Duke (2019), Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton (2018), Johnathan Motley of Baylor (2017), Iowa State’s Georges Niang (2016) and Montrezl Harrell of Louisville (2015).