THE KYLE MACY AWARD

Seth Greenberg hosted the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet in New Orleans. Among the honorees were Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Anthony Davis (Kentucky) and Doug McDermott (Creighton).


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

The Kyle Macy Award, which is presented annually to the top freshman in Division I college basketball, is named for a guard who starred as a freshman for Purdue.
 
The 1975 Indiana "Mr. Basketball" 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 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 Kyle Macy award voting panel is made up of current division I coaches, athletic administrators, and senior College Insider staff members.  The recipient of the 2024-25 award will be announced in April, in San Antonio, TX site of the men's Division I NCAA Basketball Championship.

The Kyle Macy award is presented annually to the top freshman player in division I college basketball, as voted on by the award committee. 
 
The 10-member voting committee consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
 
The award is presented annually at the site of the men's Division I NCAA basketball championship. 

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