Yogi Ferrell named to Wooden Award midseason top 25

  • 01/14/2015 12:44 pm in

Indiana junior Yogi Ferrell is one of 25 midseason finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, the national advisory board for the award announced on Wednesday.

Through 17 games, Ferrell is averaging 15.4 points, 4.8 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game.

He’s one of four Big Ten players to be named to the midseason top 25, joining Maryland’s Melo Trimble, Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell and Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky.

Calbert Cheaney was the last Hoosier to win the Wooden Award in 1993. Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo were both Wooden Award finalists in 2013.

The complete Wooden Award midseason top 25 list is available after the jump:

Justin Anderson, Virginia
Ron Baker, Wichita State
Ryan Boatright, UConn
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville
D’Angelo Harrison, St. John’s
Tyler Haws, BYU
Buddy Hield, Oklahom
Stanley Johnson, Arizona
Tyus Jones, Duke
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
Jordan Mickey, LSU
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Chasson Randle, Stanford
Terry Rozier, Louisville
D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State
Juwan Staten, West Virginia
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Delon Wright, Utah

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