Graduate student Graham Ike was named to the Karl Malone Award preseason watch list, an award that’s given to the best power forward in the country. Drew Timme, now with the South Bay Lakers (Los Angeles
Lakers’ G League affiliate), won this honor in the 2020-21 season with the Zags.
In his two seasons with Gonzaga from 2023-25, Ike averaged 16.9 points on a 60.4 field goal percentage/38.5 three-point percentage/79.5 free throw percentage, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He was named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team in back-to-back seasons.
Here are the 19 other nominees:
Koa Peat – Arizona
Keyshawn Hall – Auburn
Michael Rataj – Baylor
Cameron Boozer – Duke
Thomas Haugh – Florida
Baye Ndongo – Georgia Tech
Joseph Tugler – Houston
Alvaro Folgueiras – Iowa
Joshua Jefferson – Iowa State
Malik Reneau – Miami
Yaxel Lendeborg – Michigan
Caleb Wilson – North Carolina
Nick Martinelli – Northwestern
Trey Kaufman-Renn – Purdue
Bryce Hopkins – St. John’s
Donnie Freeman – Syracuse
JT Toppin – Texas Tech
Tyler Bilodeau – UCLA
Alex Karaban – UConn
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