Mousa Named a Finalist for Riley Wallace Award
3/13/2026 11:26:00 AM | Men's Basketball
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Hamad Mousa was recognized for his stellar 2025-26 offensive season with another honor as the Cal Poly men’s basketball program’s sophomore guard was named as one of 30 finalists for the CollegeInsider.com Riley Wallace Award for the most impactful transfer in Division I this year.
An offseason transfer from Dayton, Mousa leads the Big West and ranks 25th among NCAA Division I players at 20.4 points per game. He finished the year with 652 points – a Cal Poly Division I-era record and six shy of Stuart Thomas’s program single season record set during the 1990-91 campaign.
Previously named to the All-Big West first team and NABC All-Pacific District second team, Mousa was a double-digit scorer in 31 of 32 appearances this year while scoring 20-plus points 14 times.
Just the second Mustang with a 600-point year, Mousa set a new single season record this spring with 180 free throws while ranking second with 205 free throw attempts, fourth with 84 three-pointers and 226 attempts, seventh with an 87.8 percent free throw mark and eighth with 194 field goals.
As a program, Cal Poly saw its season come to a close with a March 11 Big West Championship opening-round loss to UC San Diego.
The Riley Wallace Award is named in honor of the longtime Hawai’i head coach who retired as the winningest coach in program history. Wallace coached Hawai’i to three NCAA Tournament appearances and six NIT showings while compiling 334 victories from 1987-2007.
The Riley Wallace Award recipient will be determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches and two CollegeInsider.com senior staff members. The winner will be announced during the April 4 and 6 Final Four in Indianapolis.
Another honor for Hamad Mousa for his stellar sophomore season with Cal Poly's guard named a finalist for the Riley Wallace Award, recognizing the most impactful transfer in Division I this year! #RideHigh
— Cal Poly Men’s Basketball (@calpolymbb) March 13, 2026
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