Courtesy Florida Sports Information
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. has earned a place on the John R. Wooden Award Men’s Midseason Top 25 Watch List, announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Tuesday.
Clayton averages a team-leading 18.3 points per game and paces the eighth-ranked Gators with 43 3-pointers and 54 assists. He has five games of 25 or more points, including a 33-point outing in the SEC opener at Kentucky to match his career high.
The Lake Wales native hit five 3-pointers in three straight games vs. Wichita State, Virginia and Arizona State, becoming just the second Gator to ever do so (Anthony Roberson). He earned MVP honors in the ESPN Events Invitational, leading the Gators to the championship with 21 points vs. Wake Forest and 19 points in the championship game vs. Wichita State.
Clayton helped the Gators put together an undefeated 13-0 nonconference record, as Florida recorded the second-best start in program history (17-0 in 2005-06).
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. has earned a place on the John R. Wooden Award Men’s Midseason Top 25 Watch List, announced by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Tuesday.
Clayton averages a team-leading 18.3 points per game and paces the eighth-ranked Gators with 43 3-pointers and 54 assists. He has five games of 25 or more points, including a 33-point outing in the SEC opener at Kentucky to match his career high.
The Lake Wales native hit five 3-pointers in three straight games vs. Wichita State, Virginia and Arizona State, becoming just the second Gator to ever do so (Anthony Roberson). He earned MVP honors in the ESPN Events Invitational, leading the Gators to the championship with 21 points vs. Wake Forest and 19 points in the championship game vs. Wichita State.
Clayton helped the Gators put together an undefeated 13-0 nonconference record, as Florida recorded the second-best start in program history (17-0 in 2005-06).