| That in the history of the Naismith Trophy, only two men have been multiple winners, and they each won three times. No other player has won more than one award. |
Bill Walton of UCLA (1972, 1973, 1974) and Ralph Sampson of Virginia (1981,1982,1983) |
| That only one woman has won the award three times. |
USC’s Cheryl Miller in (1984, 1985, 1986) |
| That six women have won multiple Naismith Trophies for “Player of the Year”. |
Cheryl Miller (USC, 1984, 1985, 1986), Clarissa Davis (Texas, 1987, 1989), Dawn Staley (Virginia, 1991, 1992), Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee, 1998, 1999), Diana Taurasi (UConn, 2003, 2004), and Seimone Augustus (LSU, 2005, 2006) |
| That only one freshman has ever won a Naismith Trophy (Kevin Durant, Texas, 2007). Most winners have claimed the honor as seniors. |
Men’s: 24 seniors, eight juniors, six sophomores and one freshman
Women’s: 16 seniors, six juniors and two sophomores
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| That the Atlantic Coast Conference has won the most Naismith Men’s Player of the Year and Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year honors in the history of the awards. |
An impressive 15 players of the year and six coaches of the year have come from the ACC |
| That the Pac-10 has the second most wins with five Naismith Men’s Player of the Year trophies and two Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year awards. |
Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1969), Bill Walton (UCLA, 1972, 1973, 1974), Marques Johnson (UCLA, 1977), Jim Harrick (UCLA, 1995) and Mike Montgomery (Stanford, 2000) |
| That the SEC leads the way for the Naismith Women’s Player of the Year trophies. |
Saudia Roundtree (Georgia, 1996), Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee, 1998, 1999), Tamika Catchings (Tennessee, 2000) and Seimone Augustus (LSU, 2005, 2006) have combined for six trophies. |
| That the SEC has won seven Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year honors. |
Tennessee’s Pat Summit has won an unprecedented five of those seven (1987, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2004) |
| That the 1976 Naismith Trophy recipient “Pistol” Pete Maravich still holds the NCAA all-time record for most points with 3,667. |
He averaged 44.2 points per game in his three-year career at LSU – without the luxury of a three-point line |
| That Anne Donovan, the first-ever Naismith Women’s Trophy winner (1983, Old Dominion), will serve as head coach of the U.S. Women's Basketball team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. |
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| That there are currently nine former Naismith Trophy winners in the WNBA and thirteen on the NBA rosters: |
NBA
- Kevin Durant - Seattle Supersonics
- J.J. Redick – Orlando Magic
- Andrew Bogut – Milwaukee Bucks
- Jameer Nelson – Orlando Magic
- T.J. Ford – Toronto Raptors
- Jason Williams – Chicago Bulls
- Shane Battier – Houston Rockets
- Kenyon Martin – Denver Nuggets
- Elton Brand – Los Angeles Clippers
- Antawn Jamison – Washington Wizards
- Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs
- Marcus Camby – Denver Nuggets
- Joe Smith – Philadelphia 76ers
WNBA
- Lindsey Harding – Minnesota Lynx
- Seimone Agustus – Minnesota Lynx
- Diana Taurasi – Phoenix Mercury
- Sue Bird – Seattle Storm
- Ruth Riley – San Antonio Silver Stars
- Tamika Catchings – Indiana Fever
- Chamique Holdsclaw – Los Angeles Sparks
- Lisa Leslie – Los Angeles Sparks
- Sheryl Swoopes – Houston Comets
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| That Duke has the most Naismith Men’s Player of the Year awards with seven. |
The most recent was 2006 winner, J.J. Redick. Others include Johnny Dawkins (1986), Danny Ferry (1989), Christian Laettner (1992), Elton Brand (1999), Shane Battier (2001), Jason Williams (2002) |
| That the Naismith Player of the Year and the Naismith Coach of the Year awards have been given to player and coach from the same school 15 times: |
2007 Lindsey Harding & Gail Goestenkors - Duke
2005 Seimone Augustus & Pokey Chatman – LSU
2004 Jameer Nelson & Phil Martelli – Saint Joseph’s
2002 Sue Bird & Geno Auriemma – UCONN
2001 Ruth Riley & Muffet McGraw – Notre Dame
1999 Elton Brand & Mike Krzyzewski – Duke
1998 Antawn Jamison & Bill Guthridge – UNC
1998 Chamique Holdsclaw & Pat Head – Tennessee
1996 Saudia Roundtree & Andy Landers – UGA
1995 Rebecca Lobo & Geno Auriemma – UCONN
1992 Christian Laettner & Mike Krzyzewski – Duke
1991 Dawn Staley & Debbie Ryan – UVA
1990 Jennifer Azzi & Tara VanDerveer – Stanford
1989 Danny Ferry & Mike Krzyzewski – Duke
1988 Danny Manning & Larry Brown – Kansas |
| That since the awards inception in 1969, 13 Naismith Trophy winners have gone on to be selected as the number one pick in the NBA Draft: |
2005 Andrew Bogut – Utah (2005 NBA Draft)
2000 Kenyon Martin – Cincinnati (2000 NBA Draft)
1999 Elton Brand – Duke (1999 NBA Draft)
1997 Tim Duncan – Wake Forest (1997 NBA Draft)
1995 Joe Smith – Maryland (1995 NBA Draft)
1994 Glenn Robinson – Purdue (1994 NBA Draft)
1991 Larry Johnson – UNLV (1991 NBA Draft)
1988 Danny Manning – Kansas (1988 NBA Draft)
1987 David Robinson – Navy (1987 NBA Draft)
1985 Patrick Ewing – Georgetown (1985 NBA Draft)
1981, 82, 83 Ralph Sampson – Virginia (1983 NBA Draft)
1980 Mark Aguirre – DePaul (1980 NBA Draft)
1975 David Thompson – NC State (1975 NBA Draft)
1972, 73, 74 Bill Walton – UCLA (1974 NBA Draft)
1971 Austin Carr – Notre Dame (1971 NBA Draft)
1969 Lew Alcindor - UCLA (1969 NBA Draft) |
| That three players have won Naismith Men’s National Player of the Year and won the National Championship in the same season: |
Shane Battier, Duke, 2001
Christian Laettner, Duke, 1992
Danny Manning, Kansas, 1988 |