LOS ANGELES - Continuing to his upward trend on the national scene, sophomore forward CJ Elleby was named to the John R. Wooden Award® presented by Wendy's® Preseason Top 50 Watch List Tuesday morning. Elleby was previous named to the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award Watch List as well as the Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team.

The Wooden watch list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball, the Wooden Award All American Team™ and Most Outstanding Player Award. The Pac-12 leads the way with eight selections on the watch list while Elleby is one of just 16 underclassmen to work his way onto the list.

Elleby finished last season averaging 14.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. He would go on to set the program's freshman scoring record with 471 points in 32 contests, breaking Steve Puidokas' 45-year-old freshman scoring record. In addition to his scoring, Elleby finished second all-time among Cougar freshman in rebounds (227), scoring average (14.7 ppg), and field goals (168), while finishing top-10 in eight other season categories. For his play, Elleby was named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team in the inaugural season of the award.

Created in 1976, the John R. Wooden Award Program hosts the most prestigious honors in college basketball recognizing The Wooden Award Most Outstanding Player for men and women, The Wooden Award All American Teams for men and women and the annual selection of the Wooden Award Legend of Coaching recipient. Honorees have proven to their university that they meet or exceed the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden and the Wooden Award Steering Committee, including making progress towards graduation and maintaining at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. 
 

FULL WOODEN WATCH LIST

Name	School	Conference	Height	Class	Position
Precious Achiuwa	Memphis	American	6-9	Fr.	F
Ty-Shon Alexander	Creighton	Big East	6-4	Jr.	G
Cole Anthony	North Carolina	ACC	6-3	Fr.	G
Udoka Azubuike	Kansas	Big 12	7-0	Sr.	C
Kamar Baldwin	Butler	Big East	6-1	Sr.	G
Desmond Bane	TCU	Big 12	6-6	Sr.	G
Charles Bassey	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	6-11	So.	C
Saddiq Bey	Villanova	Big East	6-8	So.	F
Kerry Blackshear Jr.	Florida	SEC	6-10	Sr.	F
Vernon Carey Jr.	Duke	ACC	6-10	Fr.	C
Yoeli Childs	BYU	WCC	6-8	Sr.	F
Anthony Cowan Jr.	Maryland	Big Ten	6-0	Sr.	G
Jarron Cumberland	Cincinnati	American	6-5	Sr.	G
Antoine Davis	Detroit Mercy	Horizon League	6-1	So.	G
Mamadi Diakite	Virginia	ACC	6-9	Sr.	F
Alpha Diallo	Providence	Big East	6-7	Sr.	G
Ayo Dosunmu	Illinois	Big Ten	6-5	So.	G
Devon Dotson	Kansas	Big 12	6-2	So.	G
Anthony Edwards	Georgia	SEC	6-5	Fr.	G
CJ Elleby	Washington State	Pac-12	6-6	So.	F
Jordan Ford	Saint Mary's	WCC	6-1	Sr.	G
Kellan Grady	Davidson	A-10	6-5	Jr.	G
Jon Axel Gudmundsson	Davidson	A-10	6-5	Sr.	G
Ashton Hagans	Kentucky	SEC	6-3	So.	G
Tyrese Haliburton	Iowa State	Big 12	6-5	So.	G
Markus Howard*	Marquette	Big East	5-11	Sr.	G
Tre Jones	Duke	ACC	6-3	So.	G
Anthony Lamb	Vermont	America East	6-6	Sr.	F
Scottie Lewis	Florida	SEC	6-5	Fr.	G
Nico Mannion	Arizona	Pac-12	6-6	Fr.	G
Naji Marshall	Xavier	Big East	6-7	Jr.	F
Tyrese Maxey	Kentucky	SEC	6-3	Fr.	G
Jaden McDaniels	Washington	Pac-12	6-9	Fr.	F
Sam Merrill	Utah State	Mountain West	6-5	Sr.	G
Andrew Nembhard	Florida	SEC	6-5	So.	G
Jordan Nwora	Louisville	ACC	6-7	Jr.	F
Reggie Perry	Mississippi State	SEC	6-5	Sr.	G
Myles Powell	Seton Hall	Big East	6-2	Sr.	G
Payton Pritchard	Oregon	Pac-12	6-2	Sr.	G
Neemias Queta	Utah State	Mountain West	7-0	So.	C
Nick Rakocevic	USC	Pac-12	6-11	Sr.	F
Jalen Smith	Maryland	Big Ten	6-10	So.	F
Lamar Stevens	Penn State	Big Ten	6-8	Sr.	F
Isaiah Stewart	Washington	Pac-12	6-9	Fr.	F
Killian Tillie	Gonzaga	WCC	6-10	Sr.	F
Tres Tinkle	Oregon State	Pac-12	6-7	Sr.	F
Kaleb Wesson	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-9	Jr.	F
Cassius Winston*	Michigan State	Big Ten	6-1	Sr.	G
James Wiseman	Memphis	American	7-1	Fr.	C
McKinley Wright IV	Colorado	Pac-12	6-0	Jr.	G