Kansas City, Missouri – Iowa State junior point guard Tamin Lipsey has been named to the NABC National Player of the Year Preseason Watch List, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Lipsey is one of five players from the Big 12 named to the 20-member watch list. Earlier this week, Lipsey was named to the 20-person Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Watch List and the 50-member Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List.
A returning AP Honorable Mention All-American, Lipsey was a finalist for the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year, the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year and the Lute Olson National Player of the Year awards last season.
Lipsey also got it done in the classroom, being named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Team. He was also selected to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team after leading the Cyclones to their sixth Big 12 Championship. He was also named an NABC First Team All-District selection, named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team last season.
Lipsey averaged 12.4 points, 4.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals in his sophomore campaign. He was one of 17 players in the country, and the first in Big 12 history, to average those numbers since 1996-97. Lipsey had a school-record steal streak of 34-straight games snapped this season. It was the second longest streak in the country. He has a steal in 66 of the 69 games he has played.
