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Oscar Tshiebwe wins Wooden Award, becomes UK’s first unanimous Player of the Year ever

Yes, you read that correctly.

In 119 seasons of Kentucky Wildcats Men’s basketball, Oscar Tshiebwe became the first unanimous Player of the Year in program history after winning the John R. Wooden Award on Tuesday.

Tshiebwe’s season was not just one of the best individual seasons in Kentucky basketball history, but also college basketball history, I mean just take a look at all the major honors that he has hauled in.

  • John R. Wooden Award
  • Naismith Player of the Year
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
  • USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy
  • Associated Press Player of the Year
  • NABC National Player of the Year
  • NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year
  • NCAA Consensus All-America First Team
  • Wooden Award All-America Team
  • USBWA First-Team All-America
  • NABC First-Team All-America
  • Associated Press First-Team All-America
  • Sporting News First-Team All-America
  • Wooden Award All-America Team
  • NABC All-District 20 First Team
  • Southeastern Conference Player of the Year (coaches/media)
  • All-SEC First Team (coaches/media)
  • All-SEC Defensive Team (coaches)
  • USBWA District IV Player of the Year
  • USBWA All-District IV team
  • CBS Sports National Player of the Year
  • USA Today National Player of the Year
  • USA Today First-Team All-American
  • The Athletic’s National Player of the Year
  • Sports Illustrated First-Team All-American
  • The Field of 68 National Player of the Year
  • The Field of 68 First-Team All-America
  • College Hoops Today National Player of the Year
  • USA Today SEC Player of the Year
  • USA Today First-Team All-SEC unanimous selection

Tshiebwe averaged a double-double with 17.