LEXINGTON — The historic nature of Oscar Tshiebwe's 2021-22 season was well established before Tuesday, but now the junior forward can stake a claim to an honor no other Kentucky basketball player had previously earned.
Tshiebwe took home the Wooden Award Tuesday, becoming the first player in UK history to be named consensus National Player of the Year. Tshiebwe was previously announced as the winner of the other five NCAA-recognized Player of the Year awards that contributed to consensus status: The Sporting News, Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Oscar Robertson Trophy and Naismith Trophy.