Evan Turner Named 2010 Naismith Player of the Year - NCAA

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Becomes the First Ohio State Player Ever to Win Prestigious Award


INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (April 4, 2010) – Ohio State University Junior Guard Evan
Turner has been named winner of the 2010 Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T
for Men’s College Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced
today. The Big Ten Player of the Year edged out finalists Sherron Collins
(Kansas University), Wes Johnson (Syracuse University) and John Wall
(University of Kentucky).


Turner led Ohio State to a 29-8 mark, the second-most victories in Ohio State
history, and a share of the regular season championship and the conference
tournament championship. He led the conference in scoring (20.4) and
rebounds (9.2) and also averaged 2.0 steals and 5.9 assists per game. Turner
concluded his junior year No. 15 in career scoring, No. 13 in career
rebounds, No. 7 in career assists and No. 3 in career steals at Ohio State.


He is one of only two Buckeyes all-time to record 1,000+ points, 500+
rebounds and rank among the Top 10 in career steals (159) and assists (414) –
Jim Jackson is the other. He is the only Ohio State player to reach 1,000
career points, 500 career rebounds, 400 career assists and 150 career steals.


Turner becomes the first Buckeye and fourth Big Ten player to win the
Naismith Trophy, following Glenn Robinson (Purdue, 1994), Calbert Cheaney
(Indiana, 1993) and Scott May (Indiana, 1976).


Past Naismith Trophy winners include:

2009 ‧ Blake Griffin ‧ Oklahoma
2008 ‧ Tyler Hansbrough ‧ North Carolina
2007 ‧ Kevin Durant ‧ Texas
2006 ‧ J.J. Redick ‧ Duke
2005 ‧ Andrew Bogut ‧ Utah
2004 ‧ Jameer Nelson ‧ Saint Joseph’s
2003 ‧ T.J. Ford ‧ Texas
2002 ‧ Jason Williams ‧ Duke
2001 ‧ Shane Battier ‧ Duke
2000 ‧ Kenyon Martin ‧ Cincinnati
1999 ‧ Elton Brand ‧ Duke
1998 ‧ Antawn Jamison ‧ North Carolina
1997 ‧ Tim Duncan ‧ Wake Forest
1996 ‧ Marcus Camby ‧ UMass
1995 ‧ Joe Smith ‧ Maryland
1994 ‧ Glenn Robinson ‧ Purdue
1993 ‧ Calbert Cheaney ‧ Indiana
1992 ‧ Christian Laettner ‧ Duke
1991 ‧ Larry Johnson ‧ UNLV
1990 ‧ Lionel Simmons ‧ LaSalle
1989 ‧ Danny Ferry ‧ Duke
1988 ‧ Danny Manning ‧ Kansas
1987 ‧ David Robinson ‧ Navy
1986 ‧ Johnny Dawkins ‧ Duke
1985 ‧ Patrick Ewing ‧ Georgetown
1984 ‧ Michael Jordan ‧ North Carolina
1983 ‧ Ralph Sampson ‧ Virginia
1982 ‧ Ralph Sampson ‧ Virginia
1981 ‧ Ralph Sampson ‧ Virginia
1980 ‧ Mark Aguirre ‧ DePaul
1979 ‧ Larry Bird ‧ Indiana State
1978 ‧ Butch Lee ‧ Marquette
1977 ‧ Marques Johnson ‧ UCLA
1976 ‧ Scott May ‧ Indiana
1975 ‧ David Thompson ‧ N.C. State
1974 ‧ Bill Walton ‧ UCLA
1973 ‧ Bill Walton ‧ UCLA
1972 ‧ Bill Walton ‧ UCLA
1971 ‧ Austin Carr ‧ Notre Dame
1970 ‧ Pete Maravich ‧ LSU
1969 ‧ Lew Alcindor ‧ UCLA


Last month, the Atlanta Tipoff Club presented the National Naismith High
School Boy’s Player of the Year award to Ohio State-bound Jared Sullinger
(Northland High School, Columbus, Ohio). This marks the first time ever that
a high school recruit and a college winner share this type of Naismith Trophy
connection to the same university.

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