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Cade Cunningham Named Big 12 Player of the Year

Cade Cunningham cleaned house in the Big 12’s yearly awards.

The Big 12 yearly awards were announced Monday, and Cunningham was named the leauge’s Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big 12 First Team.

Cunningham is OSU’s first Big 12 Player of the Year since Marcus Smart in 2013, and he is just the fourth freshman to ever win the honor.

Cunningham joins Michael Beasley, Kevin Durant and Smart as the only players to win Big 12 Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in the same season.

Cunningham becomes the Cowboys’ first Big 12 First Team selection since Jawun Evans in 2017.