Kentucky Wildcats freshman guard TyTy Washington Jr. has been named the CBS Sports/United States Basketball Writer’s Association National Freshman of the Week, it was announced Wednesday.
This is the first national honor of Washington’s career and the second national award of the season for the Wildcats. Junior forward Oscar Tshiebwe won the USBWA’s Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week award on December 28th following his 28-rebound, 14-point double-double against Western Kentucky.
Washington, who also earned a fourth straight SEC Freshman of the Week award, led the Wildcats with 21.5 points per game and added 4.