Duke freshman Marvin Bagley III was named the recipient of the 2018 Swett-Baylin Most Valuable Player Award at the Duke men’s basketball annual banquet and awards ceremony, held Thursday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Bagley was a consensus first-team All-American, the NABC National Freshman of the Year and both the ACC Player and Rookie of the Year after leading the conference in scoring (21.0) and rebounding (11.1), with Duke freshman records in both.
The Phoenix, Ariz., native also took home the awards for the team’s best rebounding average and best field goal percentage (.614).
Bagley is the sixth freshman – and fifth in as many years – to receive at least a share of team MVP honors under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, joining Johnny Dawkins (1983), Jabari Parker (2014), Jahlil Okafor (2015), Brandon Ingram (2016) and Jayson Tatum (2017).