Iowa State Media Relations
Los Angeles, Calif. – Iowa State senior Keshon Gilbert is one of 25 players named to the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List. Gilbert and Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson are the only two players from the Big 12 Conference on the list.
Gilbert is averaging 16.3 points, 5.0 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game this year. He is one of just eight players in the country to hit those marks this season. He’s scored a season-high 24 points twice this year, coming in victories over Dayton (Nov. 26) and No. 5 Marquette (Dec. 4). Gilbert is shooting 54.5 percent from the floor and 32.3 percent from downtown, as he’s led the No. 3 Cyclones to a 12-1 record to start the year.
Selected by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list comprises 25 student-athletes who are front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball: the Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2025 John R. Wooden Award Men’s Player of the Year. Players not selected for the midseason list remain eligible for inclusion on the Wooden Award late-season list, and the National Ballot. The National Ballot will feature 15 top players who have demonstrated to their universities that they meet or exceed the Wooden Award qualifications.
Nearly 1,000 voters will be invited to rank 10 of the 15 players on the ballot in order of preference when voting opens during the NCAA Tournament. Voters will also consider performances in the tournament’s early rounds, players’ contributions to their teams and their character. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced during the week of the NCAA Tournament’s “Elite Eight.”
The winners and the All-Americans of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award, presented by Principal, will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 11.
Los Angeles, Calif. – Iowa State senior Keshon Gilbert is one of 25 players named to the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List. Gilbert and Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson are the only two players from the Big 12 Conference on the list.
Gilbert is averaging 16.3 points, 5.0 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game this year. He is one of just eight players in the country to hit those marks this season. He’s scored a season-high 24 points twice this year, coming in victories over Dayton (Nov. 26) and No. 5 Marquette (Dec. 4). Gilbert is shooting 54.5 percent from the floor and 32.3 percent from downtown, as he’s led the No. 3 Cyclones to a 12-1 record to start the year.
Selected by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list comprises 25 student-athletes who are front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball: the Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2025 John R. Wooden Award Men’s Player of the Year. Players not selected for the midseason list remain eligible for inclusion on the Wooden Award late-season list, and the National Ballot. The National Ballot will feature 15 top players who have demonstrated to their universities that they meet or exceed the Wooden Award qualifications.
Nearly 1,000 voters will be invited to rank 10 of the 15 players on the ballot in order of preference when voting opens during the NCAA Tournament. Voters will also consider performances in the tournament’s early rounds, players’ contributions to their teams and their character. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced during the week of the NCAA Tournament’s “Elite Eight.”
The winners and the All-Americans of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award, presented by Principal, will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 11.
