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Eli Scott Named to Watch List for 2022 Karl Malone Award for Nation’s Top Power Forward

Basketball Hall of Fame Release

Springfield, Mass. (Oct. 21, 2021) — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the 20 watch list members for the 2022 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. Named after Class of 2010 Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
 
LMU's Eli Scott is among the nation's best power forwards included in the Watch List. Scott enters his fifth year with the Lions after being granted an additional year to play college basketball following the 2020-21 season.
 
Through four seasons at LMU, Eli Scott ranks amongst the program's all-time best in scoring, rebounding, assists, and games played. Scott's 1498 career points rank 11th all-time, his 749 rebounds is sixth-most in school history, his 358 assists is ninth-best, and he ranks in a tie for 18th with 112 career games played in an LMU uniform.
 
College basketball fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2022 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10 and then in late February to just 5. In March the five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee where a winner will be selected. 
 
The winner of the 2022 Karl Malone Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women's Starting Five.
 
Previous winners of the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award include Drew Timme, Gonzaga (2021), Obi Toppin, Dayton (2020), Zion Williamson, Duke (2019), Deandre Ayton, Arizona (2018), Johnathan Motley, Baylor (2017), Georges Niang, Iowa State (2016) and Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (2015).