Florida Guardsman Walter Clayton Jr. has secured a spot on the John R. Wooden Award Men’s Midseason Top 25 Watch List, announced Tuesday by the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Clayton is averaging 18.3 points per game and leads the eighth-ranked Gators with 43 3-pointers and 54 assists. He has five games with 25 or more points, including a 33-point performance in the SEC opener at Kentucky, tying his career high.

The Lake Wales native hit five 3-pointers in three straight games against Wichita State, Virginia and Arizona State, becoming only the second Gator ever to do so (Anthony Roberson). He earned MVP honors at the ESPN Events Invitational and led the Gators to the championship with 21 points against Wake Forest and 19 points in the championship game against Wichita State.

Clayton helped the Gators post an undefeated 13-0 non-conference record as Florida posted the second-best start in program history (17-0 in the 2005-06 season).

The Gators continue their battle on their home court Tuesday against No. 1 Tennessee in a sold-out top-10 showdown at 7 p.m. Single-game tickets are available for the final eight SEC home games in Florida.

Wooden Award Midseason Top 25

Airy “Ace” Bailey | Rutgers
Johni Broome | Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr. | Florida

RJ Davis | North Carolina
Hunter Dickinson | Kansas
Eric Dixon | Villanova
Jeremiah fears | Oklahoma
Cooper Flagg | duke
Keshon Gilbert | Iowa St
PJ Haggerty | Memphis
Dylan Harper | Rutgers
Josh Hubbard | Mississippi State
Kasparas Jakučionis | Illinois
Tre Johnson | Texas
Came Jones | Marquette
Ryan Kalkbrenner | Creighton
Alex Karaban | UConn
Chaz Lanier | Tennessee
Ryan Nembhard | Gonzaga
Derik Queen | Maryland
Maxime Raynaud | Stanford
Mark Sears | Alabama
Braden Smith | Purdue
Wade Taylor IV | Texas A&M
Zakai Zeigler | Tennessee