Xavier University Athletics
Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List Includes Two Musketeers
11.07.16 | Men's Basketball
Award is for nation's top player who has played at least two seasons.
CINCINNATI -- The Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List was announced on Monday and two Xavier Musketeers made the list. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons.
Junior guard Trevon Bluiett, a 2015-16 USA Today Third Team All-American and 2015-16 BIG EAST First Team selection, led Xavier in scoring at 15.1 ppg. last season and is the team's leading returning rebounder at 6.1 ppg. Sophomore guard Edmond Sumner, a unanimous selection to the 2015-16 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team and a 2015-16 Kyle Macy Freshman All-American (collegeinsider.com), averaged 11.0 points and 3.6 assists last season. Both Bluiett and Sumner were named 2016-17 preseason First Team All-BIG EAST.
The award is named for Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
The recipient of the 2017 Lute Olson Award will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet on April 31 in Phoenix, Arizona, site of the men's division I basketball championship.
NOTE: Transfers and incoming freshmen are not eligible for the preseason watch list. The complete list of 50 names on the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List is available at CollegeInsider.com.
Junior guard Trevon Bluiett, a 2015-16 USA Today Third Team All-American and 2015-16 BIG EAST First Team selection, led Xavier in scoring at 15.1 ppg. last season and is the team's leading returning rebounder at 6.1 ppg. Sophomore guard Edmond Sumner, a unanimous selection to the 2015-16 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team and a 2015-16 Kyle Macy Freshman All-American (collegeinsider.com), averaged 11.0 points and 3.6 assists last season. Both Bluiett and Sumner were named 2016-17 preseason First Team All-BIG EAST.
The award is named for Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
The recipient of the 2017 Lute Olson Award will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet on April 31 in Phoenix, Arizona, site of the men's division I basketball championship.
NOTE: Transfers and incoming freshmen are not eligible for the preseason watch list. The complete list of 50 names on the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List is available at CollegeInsider.com.
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