Vanderbilt's Tanner named to Naismith watch list; Jebitok makes SEC All-Freshman cross country team
Guard Tyler Tanner is one of 50 players on the preseason list, and freshman runner Maggie Jebitok earned all-league honors after the SEC meet.
NASHVILLE - Vanderbilt guard Tyler Tanner was named Monday, Nov. 2, to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Men's College Player of the Year Watch List, according to Vanderbilt Athletics. The Atlanta Tipoff Club picked the junior as one of 50 players on the preseason list.
The school says it is Tanner's second player of the year watch list this preseason. He and the Commodores open the regular season Monday night against Bellarmine, with a 6 p.m. tipoff at Memorial Gymnasium.
Also Monday, Vanderbilt announced that freshman Maggie Jebitok made the SEC Cross Country All-Freshman Team. She ran the 6-kilometer race in 20:06.8 at the SEC Championships on Friday in Columbia, Missouri, finishing 34th and second among Commodores as Vanderbilt placed eighth, the release says.
Source: Vanderbilt Athletics releases, Nov. 2, 2026 (Tanner Tabbed to Naismith Player of the Year Watch List; SEC Standout).