Brigham Young University Senior guard Jimmer Fredette was named The Associated Press’ player of the year.
Fredette received 48 of 65 votes for the honor. Kemba Walker of Connecticut finished second with 11 votes. Nolan Smith of Duke had five and Jared Sullinger of Ohio State one.
Fredette is the first BYU player to win the award and the first from the Mountain West since Andrew Bogut of Utah in 2005.
“It’s been quite a ride and it’s been a lot of fun and I wouldn’t take anything back,” Fredette said. “I had quite the career at BYU. There were a lot of ups and downs, but there were a lot more ups this year.”
Fredette led the nation in scoring averaging 28.9 points per game and led the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to the Florida Gators in overtime.
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