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Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky wins John R. Wooden Award

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Already the most decorated player in the history of the Wisconsin basketball program, 7-footer Frank Kaminsky added another major national award Friday morning.

Kaminsky was announced as the winner of the John R. Wooden Award, his fourth major National Player of the Year honor of the season. The Big Ten Player of the Year also won Player of the Year awards from the USBWA (Oscar Robertson Award) and Associated Press, and he was also the winner of the Naismith Trophy.

Kaminsky received all three of those awards at the Final Four last weekend.

Kaminsky helped lead the Badgers to a 36-4 record, the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles and their first national title game appearance since 1941. Projected to be a first round pick in this year’s NBA Draft, Kaminsky posted averages of 18.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.5 blocks per game.

Rounding out the top five in the voting for the Wooden Award were Duke’s Jahlil Okafor, Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein, Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant and Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell.