April 4, 2024

TULSA’S PJ HAGGERTY RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 KYLE MACY AWARD
Presented annually to the top freshman in division I college basketball.

PHOENIX, AZ -- Tulsa’s PJ Haggerty is the recipient of the 2024 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year award, which is presented annually to the top freshman in division I college basketball.

Haggerty, a 6-3, 192-pound guard, averaged 21.2 PPG, 5.5 RPG and 3.8 APG for the Golden Hurricane this season, helping the team improve its win total by 11 games from 2022-23.

The American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, Haggerty scored at least 20 points in 20 of Tulsa’s 31 games, erupting for a career-high 32 points in an upset of regular season champion South Florida in the season finale. 

Haggerty made 171 2-point field goals and 230 free throws, drawing 7.9 fouls per 40 minutes, which ranked third in the nation.

"Tulsa's PJ Haggerty had an immediate impact this season when he took the floor for the Golden Hurricane," said James Wilhelmi, Executive member of CollegeInsider.com and Senior Analyst.  "As a redshirt freshman he led the team in scoring, assists and made more free throws than anyone else on the team attempted.  Most importantly Tulsa's win total more than tripled from the year before.  PJ has earned the right to be called the Kyle Macy Freshman of the Year." 

The award is named for a guard who starred as a freshman for Purdue. The 1975 Indiana Mr. Basketball, Kyle Macy played his freshman season at Purdue University, averaging 13.8 points per game while leading the Boilermakers in free throws (85.9 percent for the season). He started in 25 of 27 games, helping them to a 16-11 season record.

After one season in West Lafayette, Indiana, 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 recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.

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