Awarded for | The nation's top male small forward in NCAA Division I basketball |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
History | |
First award | 2015 |
Most recent | Dalton Knecht, Tennessee |
Website | http://www.hoophallawards.com/ |
The Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate small forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Jerry West Award, Karl Malone Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015.[1] It is named after NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team player Julius Erving.[2] The inaugural winner was Stanley Johnson.[3] Villanova players have won the award the most times, with three.
* | Awarded a National Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Julius Erving Award at that point |
Season | Player | School | Class |
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2014–15 | Stanley Johnson | Arizona | Freshman |
2015–16 | Denzel Valentine | Michigan State | Senior |
2016–17 | Josh Hart | Villanova | Senior |
2017–18 | Mikal Bridges[4] | Villanova | Junior |
2018–19 | Rui Hachimura | Gonzaga | Junior |
2019–20 | Saddiq Bey | Villanova | Sophomore |
2020–21 | Corey Kispert | Gonzaga | Senior |
2021–22 | Wendell Moore Jr. | Duke | Junior |
2022–23 | Jalen Wilson | Kansas | Junior |
2023–24 | Dalton Knecht | Tennessee | Graduate |
School | Winners | Years |
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Villanova | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2020 |
Gonzaga | 2 | 2019, 2021 |
Arizona | 1 | 2015 |
Duke | 1 | 2022 |
Kansas | 1 | 2023 |
Michigan State | 1 | 2016 |
Tennessee | 1 | 2024 |