Per University Of Louisville Sports Release:
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – University of Louisville fifth year guard Seth Trimble was named the 2027 Jerry West Award Preseason Watch List, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday afternoon.
The annual Jerry West Award, named after the late Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player, celebrates its 13th year by highlighting the top shooting guard in NCAA Division I men’s college basketball.
Trimble joined the Cardinals in August following four years at North Carolina where he scored 971 career points across 126 games for the Tar Heels.
The fifth year, 6-3 guard averaged 14.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists across 24 games during his senior year at UNC. Trimble started every contest, averaging 32.4 minutes per game and shooting 47.1% from the floor. He scored a career-high 30 points against the Cardinals in February, going 11 of 16 from the field. The performance was one of four 20-point games he logged during the year.
Trimble earned Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in addition to being a finalist for CollegeInsider.com’s Nolan Richardson Award, presented to the player who is the heart and soul of his team and a leader on and off the court.
As a junior, Trimble appeared in 37 games for North Carolina, starting in 18 of those. He averaged 11.3 points, 4.9 boards and 1.2 assists per game. He also led the Tar Heels in steals, totaling 46 during the 2024-25 season.
Trimble played in 35 contests during his sophomore season of 2023-24 when the Tar Heels advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 5.2 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, adding 32 assists, 13 steals and seven blocks. He shot 47% from the floor and 41.9% from the 3-point line. As a freshman, Trimble averaged 1.8 points while playing 9.8 minutes per game.
Trimble played at Menomonee Falls High School and scored more than 2,000 career points. He was named Gatorade Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball in Wisconsin in 2022 after averaging 27.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.3 steals as a senior.
He won gold with the Team USA U18 Men’s Basketball Team in the 2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship. Trimble averaged 9.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in the six wins Team USA earned during the tournament.
Against Kansas last Wednesday, Trimble filled the stat sheet with 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a steal in 35 minutes on the court.
