BOSTON, Ma. – Santa Clara men's basketball standout Allen Graves is one of 25 finalists for the 2025-26 Kyle Macy Award, as announced by CollegeInsider.com on Wednesday. The award is presented annually to the top freshman in division I college basketball.

Graves is one of two players from the West Coast Conference on the list, joining Portland's Joel Foxwell.

A native of Ponchatoula, La., Graves was a First Team All-WCC selection and took home both WCC Freshman and Sixth Man of the Year honors. The big man is averaging 11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 0.9 blocks per game. He has scored in double figures 25 times this season with a season-high of 30 points to go with 14 rebounds against Washington State on Feb. 7.

Graves recently was named to the WCC's All-Tournament team following his three-game tally of 13.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game to help the Broncos advance to the WCC Tournament championship game for the first time since 2007.

The award is named for a guard who starred as a freshman for Purdue. The 1975 Indiana Mr. Basketball, Kyle Macy played his freshman season at Purdue University, averaging 13.8 points per game while leading the Boilermakers in free throws (85.9 percent for the season). He started in 25 of 27 games, helping them to a 16-11 season record.

After one season in West Lafayette, Indiana, Macy transferred to the University of Kentucky in 1976. He started every game for the Wildcats in 1977. A three-time All-America and three-time All-SEC player, Macy was a member of Kentucky's 1978 National Championship team. In his senior year of 1979-80, he became the first Kentucky player ever to be named consensus Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.

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.

2025-26 Kyle Macy Award Finalists
Darius Acuff, Jr.           Arkansas
Nate Ament                Tennessee
Brandon Benjamin      Fairfield
Cameron Boozer         Duke
Mikel Brown Jr.           Louisville
Brayden Burries          Arizona
Thijs De Ridder            Virginia
Aj Dybantsa                 BYU
Preston Edmead         Hofstra
Kingston Flemings       Houston
Joel Foxwell                 Portland
Allen Graves                Santa Clara
Larry Johnson             McNeese
Kevair Kennedy           Merrimack
Acaden Lewis              Villanova
Ebuka Okorie               Stanford
Koa Peat                      Arizona
Darryn Peterson          Kansas
Hannes Steinbach       Washington
Gavin Sykes                 Long Beach State
Keaton Wagler            Illinois
Lewis Walker               North Carolina A&T
Alex Wilkins                Furman
Caleb Wilson               North Carolina