Baylor MBB’s Akinjo Named to Wooden Award Midseason Watch List

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 5, 2022
Baylor MBB’s Akinjo Named to Wooden Award Midseason Watch List
One of 25 Players Named to the National Player of the Year Watch List
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>
LOS ANGELES – Baylor senior guard James Akinjo was named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 watch list, as announced Wednesday by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

The transfer from Arizona was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday and followed that up with a 27-point, five assist performance in Baylor’s Big 12 home-opening win on Tuesday.
Akinjo leads the Bears in scoring (14.0), assists (84) and steals (30). Additionally, he leads the Big 12 in assists with 6.0 per game, he is third in steals with 2.14 per game and eighth in points per game (14.0).
The senior is on a run of six-straight games of scoring 14-plus points and has posted five or more assists in 11 of Baylor’s 14 games so far this season.
This is the second-straight year Baylor is represented on the Midseason watch list as Jared Butler and Davion Mitchell made the list a season ago, before Butler was named a finalist and a John Wooden All American.
Akinjo and the Bears will return to action on Saturday, when they travel to Fort Worth to take on TCU in a 4 p.m. CT tip. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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2021-22 Midseason Watch list
Max Abmas
Oral Roberts
Jr.
G
Ochai Agbaji
Kansas
Sr.
G
James Akinjo
Baylor
Sr.
G
Paolo Banchero
Duke
Fr.
F
Izaiah Brockington
Iowa State
Sr.
G
Kofi Cockburn*
Illinois
Jr.
C
Johnny Davis
Wisconsin
Soph
G
Hunter Dickinson*
Michigan
Soph
C
Zach Edey
Purdue
Soph
C
Collin Gillespie
Villanova
Sr.
G
Chet Holmgren
Gonzaga
Fr.
C
Jaden Ivey
Purdue
Soph
G
Trayce Jackson-Davis
Indiana
Jr.
F
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
UCLA
Jr.
G/F
Johnny Juzang
UCLA
Jr.
G
E.J. Liddell
Ohio State
Jr.
F
Bennedict Mathurin
Arizona
Soph
G
Isaiah Mobley
USC
Jr.
F
Wendell Moore Jr.
Duke
Jr.
F
Keegan Murray
Iowa
Soph
F
David Roddy
Colorado State
Jr.
F
Jabari Smith
Auburn
Fr.
F
Drew Timme*
Gonzaga
Jr.
F
Oscar Tshiebwe
Kentucky
Jr.
F
Trevion Williams
Purdue
Sr.
F



2021-22 BAYLOR MBB HONORS
James Akinjo
2021 Battle 4 Atlantis MVP
Big 12 Player of the Week (Jan. 3)
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Preseason All-America Honorable Mention (The Athletic)
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
No. 67 on CBS’ Top 100 Players for 2021-22
John Wooden Award Midseason Watch List

Kendall Brown
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Dec. 20)
2021 Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team
Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year

Adam Flagler
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List
Preseason All-America Honorable Mention (The Athletic)
Luke Olson Award Watch List
No. 12 on The Athletic’s Top 20 Guards for 2021-22
No. 38 on CBS’ Top 100 Players for 2021-22

Matthew Mayer
Naismith Trophy Watch List
Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List
Preseason All-Big 12 Team
No. 29 on CBS’ Top 100 Players for 2021-22




Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280

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