Player of the Year

Woo hoo!!  BYU may not be playing in the final NCAA Tournament game tonight, but Jimmer Fredette is sure getting his share of the attention.  Today he was named as the Naismith Men's College Player of the Year. 

BYU Head Coach Dave Rose with Jimmer Fredette

As if that wasn't cool enough, here are the other awards and recognition that Jimmer received during the 2010-11 Basketball season:

-AP Player of the Year
-Nation’s leading scorer (28.9 points per game) 
-Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA National Player of the Year)
-NABC National Player of the Year
-Sporting News National Player of the Year
-Adolph Rupp Trophy
-Basketball Times National Player of the Year
-CBSSports.com National Player of the Year
-SI.com National Player of the Year
-Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
-John R. Wooden Award All-America Team
-AP All-America First Team
-Sporting News All-America First Team
-State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team for NABC Division I First Team
-USBWA All-America First Team
-CBSSports.com All-America First Team
-SI.com All-America First Team
-Yahoo! Sports All-America First Team
-FoxSports.com All-America First Team
-Lute Olson All-America Team
-MWC Player of the Year
-All-MWC First Team
-NABC All-District 17 First Team
-USBWA All-District VIII First Team
-USBWA District VIII Player of the Year
-USBWA National Player of the Week (Dec. 13)
-Dick Vitale National Player of the Week (Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Jan. 17)
-ESPN.com Weekly Watch National Player of the Week (Jan. 10, Jan. 17)
-MWC Player of the Week (Nov. 29, Dec. 13, Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Feb. 7, Feb. 28)
-South Padre Island Invitational MVP
-John R. Wooden Award Final Ballot
-Bob Cousy Award Finalist (Final 5)

An amazing season for sure.  We love our Jimmer!!

Quote from espn.go.com.  Photo and list of awards from byucougars.com.