Kansas senior guard Frank Mason was announced as winner of the 2017 Danny Manning “Mr. Jayhawk” Award for contributions on and off the court at the conclusion of Tuesday night’s postseason basketball awards banquet held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel.
Mason, a 5-foot-11 native of Petersburg, Va., in recent weeks also won the Wooden Award, the Associated Press player of the year award, the Naismith Trophy as presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, the Oscar Robertson Trophy as presented by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches player of the year award.