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John Fulkerson Named to Prestigious Preseason Watch List

Tennessee's sixth-year senior John Fulkerson lands on the Karl Malone Preseason Watch List

Jack Foster

The Vols' super-senior power forward, who has been a staple in Tennessee's starting five the past two years, has officially been named to the Karl Malone Preseason Watch List as of Thursday afternoon's report from Tennessee Athletics, joining 19 other players and two other candidates in the conference. (See tweet below):

The Karl Malone award is given to the best power forward in college ball, and Fulkerson will look to put together a season sufficient enough for the award in his sixth season on Rocky Top. 

The award will cut its list of 20 players in half in late January, and then in half again in February before a winner is announced in March.

So far in orange and white, Fulkerson has played a staggering 132 games, with 62 of those being starts. The Kingsport native has accumulated 875 points during his time as a Vol, meaning he is 125 away from reaching the 1,000 point milestone. 'Fulky' is also 11 appearances away from break Tennessee's all-time record for career games played.

The 2020 All-SEC Second Team member has averaged nearly 12 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in the past two years as full-time starting power forward, while also moving to sixth in career field goal percentage in Vol Hoops history with .567.

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JACK FOSTER

Jack is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville majoring in Journalism/Electronic Media. Jack grew up in Paris, Tennessee, but now spends the majority of his time in Knoxville doubling as a student and sports journalist for Volunteer Country. Jack has been a sports junkie since he was a young kid and always watched NFL football with his dad on Sundays. Jack still follows the NFL religiously, as he is an avid fantasy football player. Jack started with Volunteer Country in May of 2021 and has since helped provide full coverage of football, baseball and men's and women's basketball. Jack also works as a recurring member of WUTK's Rock Solid Sports show on Wednesdays and Fridays, and he also serves as head sports producer of The Volunteer Channel's Vol News, a student-run show at the University. When Jack is not watching or covering sports, find him on the golf course or back home spending time with his parents, younger sister and friends. Follow Jack on Twitter and Instagram by clicking "Twitter" and "Instagram" to see all of his work with Volunteer Country as well as student media.