The three major individual Big East awards were given out Wednesday afternoon.
Of the three award winners, Villanova’s Cam Whitmore took home the Big East Freshman of the Year. Whitmore is Nova’s first winner since Jeremiah Robinson-Earl in 2019-20 and only the fifth winner in school history.
Whitmore edged out UConn’s Alex Karaban for the award. The two were the only unanimous members of the Big East All-Freshman team.
Whitmore missed the first month of the season and was sorely missed by the ‘Cats. Villanova started the season 2-5 and proceeded to win their next five games with Whitmore back in the lineup.