Virginia Tech guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker has been named to the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Men's Late Season Top 20 Watch List.
The sophomore from Toronto, Ontario, leads the Hokies in scoring, at 17.5 points per game and steals, at 2.1 steals per game and is among the ACC leaders in scoring, steals, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage and assists. He has won the ACC Player of the Week award twice this season, most recently for the week ending Feb. 3, 2019.
He is one of five ACC players on the 20-man list and one of five sophomores on the list.
The award is bestowed upon the nation's best basketball player at an NCAA Division I university who has proven to his or her university that he or she meets or exceeds the qualifications of the John R. Wooden Award as set forth by Coach Wooden.
Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed nearly one million dollars to the universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the Wooden Award All American recipients and has sent more than 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps. Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award partners with the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) each year to host the Wooden Award Special Olympics Southern California Basketball Tournament. The day-long tournament brings together Special Olympics athletes and Wooden Award All Americans and coaches in attendance. It is hosted at the Los Angeles Athletic Club during the John R. Wooden Award Weekend.
