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Southeast Missouri guard
Teddy Washington, Jr. is among the 30 finalists for the 2024-25 Riley Wallace Award presented annually to the most impactful transfer in division I college basketball by CollegeInsider.com.
During his coaching career at Hawaii, Riley Wallace welcomed many transfers into the program and became the winningest coach in program history. Wallace guided Hawaii to nine postseason appearances, including a school-record streak of four straight from 2001-04.
This season Washington helped SEMO to its first OVC Regular Season Championship since 1999-00 and a 21-12 overall record. In 32 games the transfer from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi averaged 13.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals/game while hitting a team-best 58 3-pointers.
The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, Texas, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
2024-25 Riley Wallace Award Finalists
Miles Barnstable, St. Thomas
Oscar Cluff, South Dakota State
Ryan Conwell, Xavier
Dylan Darling, Idaho State
Mark Freeman, James Madison
Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Maryland
PJ Haggerty, Memphis
Devn Haid, Connecticut
Chucky Hepburn, Louisville
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Alijah Martin, Florida
Mark Mitchell, Missouri
Jacksen Moni, North Dakota State
Brian Moore, Jr., Norfolk State
Malik Moore, Montana
Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
Dominick Nelson, Utah Valley
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
Sean Pedulla, Ole Miss
Kadary Richmond, St. John's
Javon Small, West Virginia
Jamichael Stillwell, Milwaukee
Bennett Stirtz, Drake
John Tonje, Wisconsin
JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Milos Uzan, Houston
Teddy Washington, Jr., Southeast Missouri
Danny Wolf, Michigan
Kam Woods, Robert Morris