BOSTON – California guard Jeremiah Wilkinson was named one of 25 finalists for the 2024-25 Kyle Macy Award, presented annually to the top freshman in NCAA Division I men's basketball by CollegeInsider.com.
 
Wilkinson, who was named the ACC Sixth Man of the Year and a member of the league's All-Rookie Team, is one of the most dynamic freshman scorers in program history. The left-hander has averaged 15.1 points per game – the second most among ACC freshmen behind Duke's Cooper Flagg and the eighth most nationally among power-conference freshmen – across 32 contests played. He's started the past 14 games of the year, averaging 19.5 PPG in that span.
 
The Powder Springs, Georgia, native is a three-time ACC Rookie of the Week. He scored 20-plus points 10 times and was a double-figure scorer 18 times in 20 ACC regular-season contests, including a pair of 30-point efforts vs. Miami (30) and at Notre Dame (36).
 
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 2024-25 award will be announced in San Antonio, Texas, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
 
2024-25 KYLE MACY AWARD FINALISTS
Ace Bailey, Rutgers
V.J. Edgecombe, Baylor
Jeremiah Fears, Oklahoma
Cooper Flagg, Duke
Boogie Fland, Arkansas
Magoon Gwath, San Diego State
Blake Harper, Howard
Dylan Harper, Rutgers
Ian Jackson, North Carolina
Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois
Tre Johnson, Texas
Kon Knueppel, Duke
Liam McNeeley, Connecticut
Asa Newell, Georgia
Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn
Labaron Philon, Alabama
Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State
Derik Queen, Maryland
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
Will Riley, Illinois
Thomas Sorber, Georgetown
Moustapha Thiam, UCF
Jeremiah Wilkinson, California
Adrian Wooley, Kennesaw State
Robert Wright, Baylor
 
ABOUT THE KYLE MACY AWARD
The award is named for a guard who starred as a freshman for Purdue. The 1975 Indiana Mr. Basketball, Kyle Macy played his freshman season at Purdue, averaging 13.8 points per game while leading the Boilermakers in free throws (85.9% for the season). He started in 25 of 27 games, helping them to a 16-11 season record. After one season in West Lafayette, Indiana, Macy transferred to Kentucky in 1976. He started every game for the Wildcats in 1977. A three-time All-America and three-time All-SEC player, Macy was a member of Kentucky's 1978 National Championship team. In his senior year of 1979-80, he became the first Kentucky player ever to be named consensus SEC Player of the Year.
 
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