Oscar Tshiebwe
2021-22 : Unanimous National Player of the Year ( Sporting News , Associated Press , United States Basketball Writer ’ s Association , National Association of Basketball Coaches , Naismith Trophy , Wooden Award ) … First player in program history to win all six NCAA-recognized awards … First player in SEC history to win all six in
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POSITION Forward HEIGHT 6-9 WEIGHT 260 CLASS Senior HOMETOWN Lubumbashi , Democratic Republic of the Congo PREVIOUS SCHOOL West Virginia HIGH SCHOOL Kennedy Catholic
the same season … Unanimous All-America First-Team honoree by the AP , Sporting News , USBWA and NABC … Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner for the nation ’ s best center … NABC ’ s Pete Newell Big Man of the Year … SEC Player of the Year … First-Team All-SEC by both the league ’ s coaches and media … Naismith Defensive Player of the Year finalist … All-SEC Defensive Team as selected by the league ’ s coaches … Led the country in rebounding ( 15.1 ), offensive rebounds per game ( 5.3 ) and defensive rebounding percentage ( 34.6 %), also ranked second in offensive rebounding percentage ( 19.4 %) … Snared 515 rebounds on the season , topping any other Division I collegiate player … The mark ranks as the third-most in program history and is one of just three players to tally 500 or more … Became a 1,000-point collegiate scorer in the final game of the season … Set a UK single-season record with 28 double-doubles … Was the first player to average at least 15 points and at least 15 rebounds per game since Drake ’ s Lewis Lloyd and Alcorn State ’ s Larry Smith did so in 1979-80 … First major-conference player to average 15-15 since UCLA ’ s Bill Walton in 1972-73 … First UK player to tally those numbers since Bob Burrow in 1954- 55 … Finished the season as the only major-conference player averaging at least 1.6 blocks and 1.6 steals per game … Corralled 10 or more rebounds in all but two games … Finished the season with program records of 21 straight doublefigure rebounding efforts and 16 straight double-doubles … One of only two players ( Anthony Davis ) in program history since 1978-79 to lead the team in points per game ( 17.4 ), rebounds per game ( 15.1 ), steals per game ( 1.8 ), blocks per game ( 1.6 ) and field-goal percentage ( 60.6 %) with a minimum of 130 attempts … Set a Rupp Arena record with 28 rebounds against Western Kentucky … Had more rebounds than the Hilltoppers entire team … It tied for the sixth-most rebounds in UK history and the most for a Wildcat in a regulation-length game in more than 52 years … It was the most in Division I
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