March 30, 2012
ANTHONY DAVIS WINS THE 2012 KYLE MACY AWARD
NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Kentucky's Anthony Davis is the recipient of the 2012 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year award.
Davis has had one of the most memorable freshman campaigns in NCAA history.
Davis averaged a team-leading 14.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game while
leading the Wildcats to a 38-2 overall record. The 38 wins are the most ever
for an NCAA champion.
"Anthony Davis had one of the greatest seasons in the storied history of
Kentucky basketball," said Angela Lento, co-founder of CollegeInsider.com.
"He was the most dominating force in college basketball."
Davis finished with 186 blocks which is the most in the history of the SEC.
He's also been the driving force in that statistical category in helping the
Wildcats break the NCAA all-time mark with a running total of 333 for the
season. He also set the all-time NCAA mark for freshmen.
The Kyle Macy award is presented annually to the top freshman in Division I
college basketball. The 1975 Indiana "Mr. Basketball" played his freshman
season at Purdue University. Macy averaged 13.8 points a game as a freshman,
while leading the Boilermakers in free throws, shooting .859 percent from
the line on the season. He started in 25 of 27 games, helping them to a
16-11 season record. After playing his freshman year at Purdue, Macy
transferred to the University of Kentucky in 1976. He started every game for
the Wildcats in 1977. A three-time All-America and three-time All-SEC
player, Macy was a member of Kentucky's 1978 National Championship team. In
his senior year of 1979-80, he became the first Kentucky player ever to be
named consensus Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.
The award was presented at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in New
Orleans, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
2012 KYLE MACY FRESHMEN ALL-AMERICA TEAM
| Brad Beal | 6-3 | G | Florida |
| Trey Burke | 5-11 | G | Michigan |
| Anthony Collins | 6-1 | G | South Florida |
| Anthony Davis | 6-10 | F | Kentucky |
| Moe Harkless | 6-8 | F | St. John's |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 6-7 | F | Kentucky |
| Damion Lee | 6-6 | G | Drexel |
| Tony Mitchell | 6-8 | F | North Texas |
| Kevin Pangos | 6-1 | G | Gonzaga |
| Otto Porter | 6-8 | F | Georgetown |
| Austin Rivers | 6-4 | G | Duke |
| Jarnell Stokes | 6-8 | F | Tennessee |
| Ricky Tarrant | 6-1 | G | Tulane |
| Aaron White | 6-8 | F | Iowa |
| Tony Wroten | 6-5 | G | Washington |
| Cody Zeller | 6-11 | F | Indiana |
2023: Kyle Filipowski, Duke
2022: Malaki Branham, Ohio State
2021: Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State
2020: Anthony Edwards, Georgia
2019: Zion Williamson, Duke
2018: Marvin Bagley III, Duke
2017: Justin Patton, Creighton
2016 Brandon Ingram, Duke
2015: D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
2014 Jabari Parker, Duke
2013: Anthony Bennett, UNLV
2012: Anthony Davis, Kentucky
