K-State Sports
MANHATTAN – Senior Keyontae Johnson was among 15 players selected to the national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy’s by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board and the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Saturday morning.
The announcement was made on ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday morning.
The national ballot consists of 15 players who are candidates for the Wooden Award All-American Team and Wooden Award Trophy as the most outstanding college basketball player.
Johnson was joined on the list by fellow Big 12 players – TCU’s Mike Miles Jr. and Kansas’ Jalen Wilson – along with North Carolina’s Armando Bacot, Detroit Mercy’s Antonie Davis, Purdue’s Zach Edey, Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis, UCLA’s Jaime Jaquez Jr., Iowa’s Kris Murray, Penn State’s Jalen Pickett, Houston’s Marcus Sasser, Gonzaga’s Drew Timme, Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebewe, Arizona’s Azuolas Tubelis and Miami’s Isaiah Wong.
Voting will take place from March 13-20 with the finalists for the 2023 Wooden Award announced on March 29.