GU’s Corey Kispert named to NABC Preseason Player of the Year watch list

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gonzaga University’s Corey Kispert was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches preseason watch list for the 2021 NABC Division I Player of the Year.

Kispert was a finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award last season. He was named the DI-AAA ADA Men’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, and was also tabbed USBWA All-District IX, NABC Second Team All-District 9 and WCC First Team. The senior earned Academic All-Conference honors for the second straight season in 2019-20. He was 11th in the West Coast Conference in points per game (13.9) and ninth in minutes played per game (32.9). The Edmonds native led the team in three-point made field goals (78) and made 81 percent of his free-throws. He shot 43.8 percent from behind-the-arc last season.

Earlier this month, Kispert was among the list of four Zags named to  the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Preseason Watch List.

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Gonzaga opens the season against Kansas Thursday in Fort Myers, Florida.

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