BeeJay Anya 1 of 20 on Malone Watch List

NC State’s BeeJay Anya is 1 of 20 Power Forwards in the NCAA that have been named to the Karl Malone Watch List that was released today.  This award is awarded to the best Power Forward nationally, and it was awarded last year for the very first time to Louisville’s Montrezl Harrell.

Here are the players on the 2016 Karl Malone Watch List:

Rico Gathers, Baylor
Taurean Prince, Baylor
Ivan Rabb, California
Tony Parker, UCLA
Dorian Finney-Smith, Florida
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette
Henry Ellenson, Marquette
Shaq Goodwin, Memphis
Brice Johnson, North Carolina
Beejay Anya, North Carolina State
Ryan Spangler, Oklahoma
Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Markus Kennedy, SMU
Jameel Warney, Stony Brook
Jordan Loveridge, Utah
Alec Peters, Valporasio
Anton Grady, Wichita State

*ACC players in italics

The NCAA tweeted out the list of 20 players in the form of a graphic, and they included a picture of NC State forward Malik Abu, and not BeeJay Anya.  Not to mention, they misspelled his name “Beejay”.

.@Hoophall announces 20 candidates for Power Forward of the Year Award: http://t.co/vytpireskipic.twitter.com/rq88lwhMpb

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) October 13, 2015

Congrats BeeJay…and Malik…you’re awesome too!