Dawson Garcia Of North Carolina Is On The Karl Malone Award Watch List

As a freshman at Marquette,

Dawson Garcia who is a forward Opened season with 19 points in win over UAPB (Nov. 25) … Chipped in 16 points and eight boards against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 27) … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Nov. 30 … Collected first career double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) in victory at No. 9 Creighton (Dec. 14) … Grabbed team-best 12 rebounds against Seton Hall (Dec. 17) … Finished with 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting at Xavier (Dec. 20) … Finished with personal-high 13 rebounds at Georgetown (Jan. 2) and also added nine points … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Jan. 4) … led team in scoring with 20 points and had 11 points for double-double vs. UConn (Jan. 5) … Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll (Jan. 11) … 7-of-11 from the floor en route to second-straight 20-point game in win over Providence (Jan. 12) … Scored 11 points at St. John’s (Jan. 16) and was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week for third time on Jan. 18 … scored 20 points for the fourth time this season against St. John’s (Jan. 31) … Also chipped in nine boards against Red Storm … Scored 14 points in just 18 minutes against Butler (Feb. 2) because of foul trouble … Netted personal-best 28 points at No. 5/4 Villanova (Feb. 10) … Finished 9-of-15 from the floor and 9-of-10 from the charity stripe … Also chipped in six rebounds against the Wildcats … Posted third double-double of the year with 24 points and 11 rebounds at North Carolina (2/24) … Shot 9-of-13 from the floor against the Tar Heels … Led team in scoring with 18 points at UConn (Feb. 27) and also grabbed eight rebounds … Finished regular season with 11-point, seven rebound effort against Xavier (March 6).

Then Dawson Garcia enter his name in the NBA Draft after one season at Marquette, decide not to stay in the draft and then Dawson Garcia entered the transfer portal and transferred to North Carolina.

“according to an article by Myron Medcalf on espn.com”

Dawson Garcia is on the Karl Malone Award Watch List.

What is the Karl Malone Award Watch List?

It’s an annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.

“according to an article on goheels.com