LOS ANGELES, Calif. (1/30/2023) – With one month left in the season, graduate senior Antoine Davis has remained a mainstay on the John R. Wooden Award® Watch List, announced live today on ESPN2 on Monday night.  

Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for the sport's most prestigious honor. 

Davis currently leads the nation in scoring at 26.0 points per game as he is trying to become only the second Titan to ever lead the nation in a NCAA statistic joining Spencer Haywood's 22.1 rebounds per game in 1968-69.

He is also first in total points (598), total field goals (199), three-pointers (105) and three-pointers per game (4.57). His 103 triples are fourth in school history for a single season as he already owns the second (132) and third-place mark (113). 

Earlier this season, he broke the NCAA record for 3-pointers and now has 534 in his career. He is also the NCAA record holder with 134 consecutive games in double figures and is just two games away from breaking the NCAA mark for most total games in double figures, currently at 135. 

The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2023 John R. Wooden Award Men's Player of the Year presented by Wendy's. Players not chosen to the late season list are still eligible for the Wooden Award™ National Ballot. The National Ballot consists of 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the Wooden Award. Nearly 1,000 voters will rank in order 10 of those 15 players when voting opens prior to the NCAA Tournament and will allow voters to take into consideration performance during early round games. The Wooden Award All American Team™ will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2023 John R. Wooden Award will be presented by Wendy's following the NCAA Tournament in April. 

About the John R. Wooden Award 
Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All America Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legend of Coaching recipient. Honorees have proven to their university that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden Award Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Previous winners include Larry Bird ('79), Michael Jordan ('84), Tim Duncan ('97), Kevin Durant ('07), Candace Parker ('07; '08), Maya Moore ('09; '11), Chiney Ogwumike ('14), and last year's recipients, Aliyah Boston of South Carolina and Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky. 

Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed nearly one million dollars to the universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament brings together Special Olympics athletes and Wooden Award All Americans and coaches in attendance. It is hosted at the Los Angeles Athletic Club during the John R. Wooden Award Weekend. 

The Legends of Coaching Award will be presented to Coach Dawn Staley, the 2023 recipient, along with the Wooden Award Men's and Women's Players of the Year on April 7, 2023. For up-to-date information on the Wooden Award, please go to www.woodenaward.com and follow the Wooden Award on Facebook at www.facebook.com/woodenaward and @WoodenAward on Twitter and Instagram.