Purdue center Zach Edey, who led the nation with 25.2 points per game and was third with 12.2 rebounds, won the Wooden Award for the second consecutive season.
Purdue center Zach Edey is named winner of the men's Wooden Award, becoming the second player to receive the honor more than once. was named the winner of the John R. Wooden Award on Wednesday, becoming the first repeat winner in more than 40 years.Edey is coming off of one of the most dominant NCAA tournament runs in history, leading the Boilermakers to the national championship game before losing to.
Edey, who had 30 double-doubles and scored in double-figures in all 39 games, entered the season as the heavy favorite to win the Wooden Award. The last repeat winner wasPurdue center Zach Edey, who had 30 double-doubles and scored in double-figures in all 39 games, became the first repeat winner of the Wooden Award since Ralph Sampson in 1982 and 1983. After averaging 22.3 points and 12.9 rebounds last season to run away with the award, Edey was even more dominant in the 2023-24 campaign.
He also became the first Big Ten player in the past 25 seasons with multiple games of 30 points and 20 rebounds in his career. Edey is the second Purdue player to win the Wooden Award, which has been given out every year since 1977. Glenn"Big Dog" Robinson won in 1994 after averaging 30.3 points and 10.1 rebounds; a couple of months later, he was the No. 1 pick in the 1994 NBA draft.
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