The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate power forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Jerry West Award, Julius Erving Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015.[1] It is named after Karl Malone, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played the position. The inaugural winner was Montrezl Harrell of Louisville.[2]
Awarded for | the nation's top male power forward in NCAA basketball |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
History | |
First award | 2015 |
Most recent | Jaedon LeDee, San Diego State |
Website | Official website |
Key
* | Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Karl Malone Award at that point |
Winners
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville, 2015
Zion Williamson, Duke, 2019
Keegan Murray, Iowa, 2022
Jaedon LeDee, San Diego State, 2024
Season | Player | School | Class | Reference |
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2014–15 | Montrezl Harrell | Louisville | Junior | [2] |
2015–16 | Georges Niang | Iowa State | Senior | [3] |
2016–17 | Johnathan Motley | Baylor | Junior | [4] |
2017–18 | Deandre Ayton | Arizona | Freshman | [5] |
2018–19 | Zion Williamson* | Duke | Freshman | [6] |
2019–20 | Obi Toppin* | Dayton | Sophomore | [7] |
2020–21 | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | Sophomore | [8] |
2021–22 | Keegan Murray | Iowa | Sophomore | [9] |
2022–23 | Trayce Jackson-Davis | Indiana | Senior | [10] |
2023–24 | Jaedon LeDee | San Diego State | Graduate | [11] |
Winners by school
School | Winners | Years |
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Arizona | 1 | 2018 |
Baylor | 1 | 2017 |
Dayton | 1 | 2020 |
Duke | 1 | 2019 |
Gonzaga | 1 | 2021 |
Indiana | 1 | 2023 |
Iowa | 1 | 2022 |
Iowa State | 1 | 2016 |
Louisville | 1 | 2015 |
San Diego State | 1 | 2024 |
References
External links
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