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UNC Basketball: Dawson Garcia named to Karl Malone Award Watch list

By Blake Cockrum

PROVIDENCE, RI - JANUARY 27: Dawson Garcia #33 of the Marquette Golden Eagles takes a foul shot during a college basketball game against the Providence Friars on January 27, 2021 at Alumni Hall in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
PROVIDENCE, RI - JANUARY 27: Dawson Garcia #33 of the Marquette Golden Eagles takes a foul shot during a college basketball game against the Providence Friars on January 27, 2021 at Alumni Hall in Providence, Rhode Island. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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UNC basketball’s Dawson Garcia has been named to this season’s Karl Malone Award Watch list.

North Carolina sophomore power forward Dawson Garcia is one of 20 players named to the Karl Malone Award Watch list leading up to the 2021-22 college basketball season.

The award is given to the nation’s top power forward each season. Recent recipients of the award include Gonzaga’s Drew Timme, Dayton’s Obi Toppin, Duke’s Zion Williamson and Arizona’s Deandre Ayton. The annual award is in its eighth year, and is voted on by a national committee of top college basketball personnel.

The following list includes each of the 20 players initially chosen as players to watch for the award, though players can play their way on and off the list throughout the duration of the season.

Azoulas Tubelis, Arizona
Jabari Smith, Auburn 
David Roddy, Colorado St. 
Paolo Banchero, Duke
Drew Timme, Gonzaga 
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Kenneth Lofton Jr., Louisiana Tech 
Eli Scott, Loyola Marymount
Darius Days, LSU
Donta Scott, Maryland
DeAndre Williams, Memphis
Dawson Garcia, North Carolina
EJ Liddell, Ohio State
Quincy Guerrier, Oregon 
Trevion Williams, Purdue
John Fulkerson, Tennessee
Tre Mitchell, Texas
Isaiah Mobley, USC
Jayden Gardner, Virginia
Keve Aluma, Virginia Tech 

Garcia transferred to North Carolina during the recent offseason following a year with the Marquette Golden Eagles. The 6-foot-11, 235-pound big man averaged 13 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 48 percent from the floor and 35.6 percent from beyond the arc. He scored double-digit points in 17-of-27 games as a freshman, scored 20 or more points on six occasions and recorded three double-doubles.

Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies went live on Friday, October 22. The list will be narrowed to 10 players in late January, and to just five in late February. The following month, the five finalists will be presented to Karl Malone, and he and his Hall-of-Fame selection committee will select a winner.

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