SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose State men's basketball senior guard Richard Washington has been selected to the Men's 3-Point Championship roster for the 32nd annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University Campus in Indianapolis on Thursday, April 1. Washington is one of eight players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN2 at 6:00 p.m. PT.
A 2021 Honorable Mention All-Mountain West selection, Washington was the leading scorer in the MW this season at 19.5 points per game. He had seven games in which he scored at least three 3-point buckets and finished fourth in the conference with 2.6 triples per game. The Virginia News, Va., native also ranked fourth in the league in 3-point percentage with a 34.2 percent clip.
Washington will also participate in the Dos Equis 3x3U National Championship held April 2-4 at the Pavilion in Indianapolis as a member of the Mountain West/WAC squad.
Intersport, producers of the event, invites 24 of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships (eight dunkers, along with eight men's and eight women's shooters). The program showcases the dunking and sharp-shooting talents of the nation's top college basketball players during the Men's 3-point Championship, the Rocket Mortgage Women's 3-Point Championship, the Battle of the Champions, the Great Clips Slam Dunk Championship and the IHOP Team Shootout.
A complete roster of participants will be released at a later date.
For more than 30 years, several of the top players in college basketball have competed in the College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships including: Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Kyle Korver, Bobby Hurley, Michael Finley, Allan Houston, Wesley Matthews, Yogi Ferrell, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Gearlds, Kristi Toliver, Tiffany Hayes and Ariel Atkins.
This year's event will be closed to the public. Fans can watch the event live on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. ET on April 1 and can visit CollegeSlam.com, follow on Twitter and Instagram and like on Facebook.
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