On Monday, Oscar Tshiebwe was named a unanimous First Team All-American by The Sporting News. Today, the outlet announced that Oscar is their National Player of the Year as well. He is only the second Kentucky Wildcat to receive the honor, which dates back to 1943. Anthony Davis is Kentucky’s other winner, taking home the award in 2012.
The award is the first of six Oscar needs to win to be a consensus and/or unanimous Player of the Year. The others are the Naismith Award, the AP College Basketball Player of the Year Award, the Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, and the NABC Player of the Year award.