Men's Basketball | 3/12/2026 6:00:00 PM
(BOSTON - March 12, 2026) - CollegeInsider.com has announced the finalists for the 2025-26 Riley Wallace Award presented annually to the most impactful transfer in Division I college basketball with the Trailblazers'
Ethan Potter named one of 30 finalists for the award.
Earning four WAC Player of the Week honors, Potter put together a stellar senior season after transferring from Utah Valley as he became only the second Trailblazer to earn All-WAC First Team honors joining Hunter Schofield in 2021-22.
He finished the regular season leading the WAC in rebounds per game (8.0), rebounds (255) & field goal percentage (58.9) and ranked second in points per game (16.3) & points (522) setting single season program records for most points (522) and field goals made (205).
Scoring in double figures in 27 of the Trailblazers' 32 contests, Potter ranks second in the WAC tallying seven double-doubles and registered 20 or more points in 10 contests.
The award is named in honor of the longtime Hawaii coach. 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.
The Warriors appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times under Wallace and have been invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) on six occasions. Prior to his arrival, the program had just one NCAA appearance and two trips to the NIT.
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 2026 award will be announced in Indianapolis, IN, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
2026 RILEY WALLACE AWARD FINALISTS
Miles Barnstable 6-2 Sr. Tulsa
Ryan Conwell 6-4 Sr. Louisville
Melvin Council, Jr. 6-4 Sr. Kansas
Jlynn Counter 6-3 Sr. Charleston
Josiah Davis 6-3 Sr. CSUN
Silas Demary, Jr. 6-4 Jr. UConn
Tre Donaldson 6-3 Sr. Miami
Themus Fulks 6-2 Sr. UCF
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn 6-1 Jr. UNLV
Ja'Kobi Gillespie 6-1 Sr. Tennessee
DeSean Goode 6-8 So. Robert Morris
Trey Green 6-0 So. Saint Louis
Chaze Harris 6-6 Sr. Alabama
Dante Harris 6-0 Sr. Tennessee State
Dontae Horne 6-4 Sr. Prairie View
Camren Hunter 6-3 Sr. Central Arkansas
Isaac Johnson 7-0 Sr. Hawaii
Yaxel Lendeborg 6-9 Sr. Michigan
Rob Martin 5-10 Sr. High Point
Hamad Mousa 6-8 So. Cal Poly
Collin Parker 6-8 Sr. Austin Peay
Ethan Potter 6-8 Sr. Utah Tech
TJ Power 6-9 Jr. Penn
Brody Robinson 5-11 Sr. Oakland
Pryce Sandfort 6-7 Jr. Nebraska
Ernest Shelton 6-5 Jr. Merrimack
Bennett Stirtz 6-4 Sr. Iowa
Cedric Taylor III 6-7 Jr. Howard
Henri Veesaar 7-0 Jr. North Carolina
Patrick Wesler 7-1 Jr. UNCW
PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS
JT Toppin, Texas Tech (2025), Dalton Knecht, Tennessee (2024); Blake Hinson, Pittsburgh (2023); Brady Manek, North Carolina (2022); Fardaws Aimaq, Utah Valley (2021); Elijah Burns, Siena
(2020); Rapolas Ivanauskas, Colgate (2019); Wes Clark, Buffalo (2018); Chima Moneke, UC Davis (2017); Grandy Glaze, Grand Canyon (2016); Mike Myers, UMES (2015).
