2018 national Player of Year (AP; espnW; USAT; WBCA/Wade; Drysdale/USBWA; Naismith. First first 3-time SEC POY; 4-time All-America; 4-time All-SEC First Team; 2-time SEC Defensive POY (outright in 2015; shared in 2018); 3-time SEC All-Def. Team; So. Car.’s career points leader. Finalist for Naismith, Wooden, Wade honors as soph., jr., sr. … 2017-18: In addition to na’l and SEC POY, Gamecocks’ team captain won Leslie Award as nation’s top center; All-America First Team (AP, espnW, USAT, WBCA; USBWA. Finished among top 11 in D-I in multiple stats (5^th in double-doubles, bpg; 7^th in ppg; 11^th in rpg) … 2016-17: MOP of Final Four as SC won program’s first nat’l title. All-America First Team (AP, WBCA, USBWA, ESPN, SI, Wooden). SEC’s POY … 2015-16: First of three straight SEC POY honors; first of two total SEC DPOY awards. All-America First Team (AP, WBCA, USBWA, ESPN, Wooden) … 2014-15: All-America Third Team (AP); SEC Frosh of Year ... PREP: 2014 Nat’l POY (WBCA, Naismith, Parade) … PERS/MISC: Father, Roscoe, played at Benedict College and professionally in Europe for 10 years.