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Cameron Boozer Named USBWA Player and Freshman of the Year
3/24/2026 12:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS - Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer has been named the recipient of the Oscar Robertson Trophy as the USBWA National Player of the Year and the Wayman Tisdale Award as the USBWA National Freshman Player of the Year, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced Tuesday, March 24.
Boozer is just the fifth player to sweep both awards, joining Cooper Flagg (2025), Zion Williamson (2019), Anthony Davis (2012) and Kevin Durant (2007).
A native of Miami, Florida, Boozer becomes the 10th Blue Devil to be named National Player of the Year by the USBWA and seventh to win the Oscar Robertson Trophy, which was established in 1998. He is the seventh Blue Devil to earn National Freshman of the Year honors from the USBWA and sixth to take home the Wayman Tisdale Award, which began in 2011.
The Blue Devils have earned four of the past eight Wayman Tisdale Awards with Boozer (2026) joining Flagg (2025), Vernon Carey Jr. (2020) and Williamson (2019) as the nation's top freshman.
Boozer will be honored at the Men's Final Four in Indianapolis and will formally receive the award at the upcoming USBWA College Basketball Awards Banquet on April 13 in St. Louis, hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club.
The freshman forward owns the highest rating in the history of the KenPom Player of the Year standings (since 2011) at 2.977, surpassing Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin in 2015 (2.794). He is also the top-rated player by EvanMiya since 2010 with a combined offensive and defensive performance rating of 14.68.
The Miami native ranks third in the nation in total scoring with 806 points (22.4 per game), fourth in rebounding with 371 (10.3 per game) and third in double-doubles with 21, while averaging a team-high 4.2 assists and shooting 56.3% from the field. Boozer has led all players in points, rebounds and assists in seven games this season, the most by an ACC player in a season in the last 30 years.
Boozer was selected as the 2025-26 ACC Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year and ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player. He also earned ACC Player of the Week honors five times and Rookie of the Week recognition 10 times this season, sweeping both awards five times to match the ACC single-season record.
His historic campaign includes becoming the only Division I player in the last 30 seasons to record at least 700 points, 300 rebounds and 100 assists while shooting better than 50% from the field in a single regular season. Boozer's consistent production is demonstrated by recording at least 13 points, five rebounds and two assists in all 36 games this season, the longest such streak by any player (men's or women's) at any point in a Division I career this century.
Boozer is the 13th different Blue Devil to win National Player of the Year recognition and, with his previously announced honor from The Sporting News, is the 10th to be named National Player of the Year by multiple outlets in a single season.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMBB".
#GoDuke
MOST NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS (AP, Naismith, NABC, Sporting News, USBWA, Wooden)
Duke, 49
UCLA, 29
North Carolina, 23
Purdue, 18
Virginia, 14
Ohio State, 13
Cincinnati, 11
Indiana, 11
Kansas, 11
Kentucky, 11
Oklahoma, 11
MOST WINNERS OF USBWA POY AWARD (OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY)
Duke, 10
UCLA, 9
North Carolina, 4
ALL-TIME USBWA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2025-26 Cameron Boozer, Duke
2024-25 Cooper Flagg, Duke
2023-24 Zach Edey, Purdue
2022-23 Zach Edey, Purdue
2021-22 Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
2020-21 Luka Garza, Iowa
2019-20 Obi Toppin, Dayton
2018-19 Zion Williamson, Duke
2017-18 Jalen Brunson, Villanova
2016-17 Frank Mason III, Kansas
2015-16 Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
2014-15 Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
2013-14 Doug McDermott, Creighton
2012-13 Trey Burke, Michigan
2011-12 Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2010-11 Jimmer Fredette, BYU
2009-10 Evan Turner, Ohio State
2008-09 Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
2007-08 Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
2006-07 Kevin Durant, Texas
2005-06 Adam Morrison, Gonzaga; J.J. Redick, Duke
2004-05 Andrew Bogut, Utah
2003-04 Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph's
2002-03 David West, Xavier
2001-02 Jay Williams, Duke
2000-01 Shane Battier, Duke
1999-2000 Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
1998-99 Elton Brand, Duke
1997-98 Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
1996-97 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1995-96 Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
1994-95 Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
1993-94 Glenn Robinson, Purdue
1992-93 Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1991-92 Christian Laettner, Duke
1990-91 Larry Johnson, UNLV
1989-90 Lionel Simmons, La Salle
1988-89 Danny Ferry, Duke
1987-88 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
1986-87 David Robinson, Navy
1985-86 Walter Berry, St. John's
1984-85 Chris Mullin, St. John's
1983-84 Michael Jordan, North Carolina
1982-83 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981-82 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1980-81 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1979-80 Mark Aguirre, DePaul
1978-79 Larry Bird, Indiana State
1977-78 Phil Ford, North Carolina
1976-77 Marques Johnson, UCLA
1975-76 Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame
1974-75 David Thompson, N.C. State
1973-74 Bill Walton, UCLA
1972-73 Bill Walton, UCLA
1971-72 Bill Walton, UCLA
1970-71 Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1969-70 Pete Maravich, LSU
1968-69 Pete Maravich, LSU
1967-68 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966-67 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1965-66 Cazzie Russell, Michigan
1964-65 Bill Bradley, Princeton
1963-64 Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1962-63 Art Heyman, Duke
1961-62 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960-61 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1959-60 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1958-59 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
ALL-TIME USBWA NATIONAL FRESHMAN PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2025-26 Cameron Boozer, Duke
2024-25 Cooper Flagg, Duke
2023-24 Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
2022-23 Brandon Miller, Alabama
2021-22 Jabari Smith, Auburn
2020-21 Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State
2019-20 Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
2018-19 Zion Williamson, Duke
2017-18 Trae Young, Oklahoma
2016-17 Lonzo Ball, UCLA
2015-16 Ben Simmons, LSU
2014-15 Jahlil Okafor, Duke
2013-14 Jabari Parker, Duke
2012-13 Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
2011-12 Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2010-11 Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
2009-10 John Wall, Kentucky
2008-09 Tyreke Evans, Memphis
2007-08 Michael Beasley, Kansas State
2006-07 Kevin Durant, Texas
2005-06 Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
2004-05 Marvin Williams, North Carolina
2003-04 Luol Deng, Duke
2002-03 Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
2001-02 T.J. Ford, Texas
2000-01 Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall
1999-2000 Jason Gardner, Arizona
1998-99 Quentin Richardson, DePaul
1997-98 Larry Hughes, Saint Louis
1996-97 None selected
1995-96 None selected
1994-95 None selected
1993-94 Joe Smith, Maryland
1992-93 Jason Kidd, California
1991-92 Chris Webber, Michigan
1990-91 Rodney Rogers, Wake Forest
1989-90 Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech
1988-89 Chris Jackson, LSU
Boozer is just the fifth player to sweep both awards, joining Cooper Flagg (2025), Zion Williamson (2019), Anthony Davis (2012) and Kevin Durant (2007).
A native of Miami, Florida, Boozer becomes the 10th Blue Devil to be named National Player of the Year by the USBWA and seventh to win the Oscar Robertson Trophy, which was established in 1998. He is the seventh Blue Devil to earn National Freshman of the Year honors from the USBWA and sixth to take home the Wayman Tisdale Award, which began in 2011.
The Blue Devils have earned four of the past eight Wayman Tisdale Awards with Boozer (2026) joining Flagg (2025), Vernon Carey Jr. (2020) and Williamson (2019) as the nation's top freshman.
Boozer will be honored at the Men's Final Four in Indianapolis and will formally receive the award at the upcoming USBWA College Basketball Awards Banquet on April 13 in St. Louis, hosted by the Missouri Athletic Club.
The freshman forward owns the highest rating in the history of the KenPom Player of the Year standings (since 2011) at 2.977, surpassing Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin in 2015 (2.794). He is also the top-rated player by EvanMiya since 2010 with a combined offensive and defensive performance rating of 14.68.
The Miami native ranks third in the nation in total scoring with 806 points (22.4 per game), fourth in rebounding with 371 (10.3 per game) and third in double-doubles with 21, while averaging a team-high 4.2 assists and shooting 56.3% from the field. Boozer has led all players in points, rebounds and assists in seven games this season, the most by an ACC player in a season in the last 30 years.
Boozer was selected as the 2025-26 ACC Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year and ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player. He also earned ACC Player of the Week honors five times and Rookie of the Week recognition 10 times this season, sweeping both awards five times to match the ACC single-season record.
His historic campaign includes becoming the only Division I player in the last 30 seasons to record at least 700 points, 300 rebounds and 100 assists while shooting better than 50% from the field in a single regular season. Boozer's consistent production is demonstrated by recording at least 13 points, five rebounds and two assists in all 36 games this season, the longest such streak by any player (men's or women's) at any point in a Division I career this century.
Boozer is the 13th different Blue Devil to win National Player of the Year recognition and, with his previously announced honor from The Sporting News, is the 10th to be named National Player of the Year by multiple outlets in a single season.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMBB".
#GoDuke
MOST NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS (AP, Naismith, NABC, Sporting News, USBWA, Wooden)
Duke, 49
UCLA, 29
North Carolina, 23
Purdue, 18
Virginia, 14
Ohio State, 13
Cincinnati, 11
Indiana, 11
Kansas, 11
Kentucky, 11
Oklahoma, 11
MOST WINNERS OF USBWA POY AWARD (OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY)
Duke, 10
UCLA, 9
North Carolina, 4
ALL-TIME USBWA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2025-26 Cameron Boozer, Duke
2024-25 Cooper Flagg, Duke
2023-24 Zach Edey, Purdue
2022-23 Zach Edey, Purdue
2021-22 Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
2020-21 Luka Garza, Iowa
2019-20 Obi Toppin, Dayton
2018-19 Zion Williamson, Duke
2017-18 Jalen Brunson, Villanova
2016-17 Frank Mason III, Kansas
2015-16 Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
2014-15 Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
2013-14 Doug McDermott, Creighton
2012-13 Trey Burke, Michigan
2011-12 Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2010-11 Jimmer Fredette, BYU
2009-10 Evan Turner, Ohio State
2008-09 Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
2007-08 Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
2006-07 Kevin Durant, Texas
2005-06 Adam Morrison, Gonzaga; J.J. Redick, Duke
2004-05 Andrew Bogut, Utah
2003-04 Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph's
2002-03 David West, Xavier
2001-02 Jay Williams, Duke
2000-01 Shane Battier, Duke
1999-2000 Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
1998-99 Elton Brand, Duke
1997-98 Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
1996-97 Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1995-96 Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
1994-95 Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
1993-94 Glenn Robinson, Purdue
1992-93 Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1991-92 Christian Laettner, Duke
1990-91 Larry Johnson, UNLV
1989-90 Lionel Simmons, La Salle
1988-89 Danny Ferry, Duke
1987-88 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
1986-87 David Robinson, Navy
1985-86 Walter Berry, St. John's
1984-85 Chris Mullin, St. John's
1983-84 Michael Jordan, North Carolina
1982-83 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981-82 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1980-81 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1979-80 Mark Aguirre, DePaul
1978-79 Larry Bird, Indiana State
1977-78 Phil Ford, North Carolina
1976-77 Marques Johnson, UCLA
1975-76 Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame
1974-75 David Thompson, N.C. State
1973-74 Bill Walton, UCLA
1972-73 Bill Walton, UCLA
1971-72 Bill Walton, UCLA
1970-71 Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1969-70 Pete Maravich, LSU
1968-69 Pete Maravich, LSU
1967-68 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966-67 Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1965-66 Cazzie Russell, Michigan
1964-65 Bill Bradley, Princeton
1963-64 Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1962-63 Art Heyman, Duke
1961-62 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960-61 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1959-60 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1958-59 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
ALL-TIME USBWA NATIONAL FRESHMAN PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2025-26 Cameron Boozer, Duke
2024-25 Cooper Flagg, Duke
2023-24 Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
2022-23 Brandon Miller, Alabama
2021-22 Jabari Smith, Auburn
2020-21 Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State
2019-20 Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
2018-19 Zion Williamson, Duke
2017-18 Trae Young, Oklahoma
2016-17 Lonzo Ball, UCLA
2015-16 Ben Simmons, LSU
2014-15 Jahlil Okafor, Duke
2013-14 Jabari Parker, Duke
2012-13 Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
2011-12 Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2010-11 Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
2009-10 John Wall, Kentucky
2008-09 Tyreke Evans, Memphis
2007-08 Michael Beasley, Kansas State
2006-07 Kevin Durant, Texas
2005-06 Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
2004-05 Marvin Williams, North Carolina
2003-04 Luol Deng, Duke
2002-03 Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse
2001-02 T.J. Ford, Texas
2000-01 Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall
1999-2000 Jason Gardner, Arizona
1998-99 Quentin Richardson, DePaul
1997-98 Larry Hughes, Saint Louis
1996-97 None selected
1995-96 None selected
1994-95 None selected
1993-94 Joe Smith, Maryland
1992-93 Jason Kidd, California
1991-92 Chris Webber, Michigan
1990-91 Rodney Rogers, Wake Forest
1989-90 Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech
1988-89 Chris Jackson, LSU
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