Kansas Jayhawks’ Ochai Agbaji named a Naismith Trophy Player of the Year semifinalist
Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Award, it was announced Friday.
Other semifinalists: Kofi Cockburn (Illinois), Johnny Davis (Wisconsin), Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga), E.J. Liddell (Ohio State), Bennedict Mathurin (Arizona), Keegan Murray (Iowa), Jabari Smith (Auburn), Drew Timme (Gonzaga) and Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky).
Agbaji, 6-5 from Kansas City, also is one of 15 finalists for the Wooden Award. He’s also been named Big 12 player of the year by the league coaches as well as the Associated Press.
He was named first-team all-league by both groups and first-team All-America by Sporting News and Bleacher report with many awards yet to be announced.
Agbaji leads the Big 12 in scoring at 19.7 points per game, which is 24th nationally. He is second in the league in three-point field goal percentage (40.5%) and in three-point field goals made per game (2.9). Agbaji leads the Big 12 with 17 20-point games and was a four-time Big 12 player of the week. He ranks No. 21 on the KU career scoring list with 1,532 points.
Four finalists will be announced on March 21.
