9月14日，北京时代，根据肯塔基大学男子篮球队的官方社交媒体，纽约尼克斯中心城镇于周六当地时间正式入选肯塔基大学体育名人堂。

Towns played for the University of Kentucky Wildcats for only one year in the 2014-15 season, but performed extremely well: he averaged 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game in his freshman season, leading the team to an impressive record of 38 wins and 1 loss, and thus was selected into the All-American College Students and the All-Southeast League Team.

上个赛季，乡镇在常规赛中为纽约尼克斯队打了72场比赛，平均每场24.4分，12.8个篮板，3.1次助攻。