BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Ben Simmons added another major honor to his haul of awards from his 2015-16 season on Wednesday when the United States Basketball Writers Association announced that he was selected to receive the Integris Wayman Tisdale Award as the national freshman of the year.
Simmons, a 6-10 forward from Melbourne, Australia, now adds the prestigious Tisdale Award to national FOY honors already bestowed by USA Today and The Sporting News. He also is the consensus freshman of the Year and a first-team USBWA All-America choice.
Simmons led all Division I freshmen in the regular season in rebounds this season with an 11.