WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue sophomore standout Jaden Ivey has been named a John R. Wooden Award All-American, announced this evening by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on ESPNU.
The Wooden Award All American Team is comprised of ten student-athletes who were the top vote-getters in the quest to earn college basketball's most prestigious honor. The ten-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Ochai Agbaji (Kansas), Kofi Cockburn (Illinois), Johnny Davis (Wisconsin), Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga), Jaden Ivey (Purdue), Bennedict Mathurin (Arizona), Keegan Murray (Iowa), Jabari Smith (Auburn), Drew Timme (Gonzaga), and Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky).
Ivey, a 6-foot, 4-inch guard from South Bend, Indiana, and likely top-5 pick in the NBA Draft in June, earned consensus second-team All-American honors after being voted to either the first or second team All-American squads by the four organizations that make up the All-America awards.
He was named a first-team honoree by NABC and second-team mentions by the Sporting News, USBWA and Associated Press. A player is considered a consensus All-American if named to all four lists.
Ivey becomes the fourth consensus All-American under head coach Matt Painter (JaJuan Johnson, Caleb Swaningan, Carsen Edwards) and is just the second underclassmen (freshman or sophomore; Swanigan) to be named a first-team All-American in any of the four major services in the last 92 years (John Wooden was consensus All-American as a sophomore in 1930).
Purdue shooting guards (Edwards, Ivey) have been named consensus All-Americans in two of the last four seasons. Purdue is the only school in America with two shooting guards to be named consensus All-Americans in the last four seasons.
Ivey led the Boilermakers to a 29-8 record and a spot in the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the last five tournaments, averaging 17.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game while also adding 33 steals and 20 blocked shots. He is one of just two players nationally (Duke's Paolo Banchero) with 600 points, 175 rebounds, 100 assists, 30 steals and 20 blocked shots.
He ended the year as one of just four Big Ten players in the last 30 years to have 600 points, 175 rebounds, 100 assists, 30 steals and 20 blocked shots, joining the ranks of Draymond Green, Frank Kaminsky and Evan Turner. He was the only underclassmen to reach those marks in the last 30 years.
He was named a finalist for the Jerry West Award and named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after averaging 19.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in Indianapolis in three games.
Ivey has played his best against ranked teams, averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists in nine games. He was outstanding in a win over No. 18 North Carolina with 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, then added 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists against No. 5 Villanova.
He then had one of the signature moments of the college basketball season in an 81-78 win over No. 16 Ohio State, hitting a fadeaway 25-footer as the clock expired for the buzzer-beating victory. Three games later, he tallied 26 points with six assists and four rebounds to finish a season sweep of Illinois. He also had 25 points with four assists in a big win over a Rutgers team that had won four straight games against nationally-ranked teams.
Ivey tied a school record for most 3-pointers made without a miss with a 6-of-6 performance against Butler in the final edition of the Crossroads Classic.
Ivey scored in double-figures in 33 of his 36 games played (missed one game with an injury) and had a team-best 14 games of 20 or more points, including double-doubles against North Carolina (22 points, 10 rebounds) and Minnesota (21 points, 10 rebounds).
The Wooden Award All American Team is comprised of ten student-athletes who were the top vote-getters in the quest to earn college basketball's most prestigious honor. The ten-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Ochai Agbaji (Kansas), Kofi Cockburn (Illinois), Johnny Davis (Wisconsin), Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga), Jaden Ivey (Purdue), Bennedict Mathurin (Arizona), Keegan Murray (Iowa), Jabari Smith (Auburn), Drew Timme (Gonzaga), and Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky).
Ivey, a 6-foot, 4-inch guard from South Bend, Indiana, and likely top-5 pick in the NBA Draft in June, earned consensus second-team All-American honors after being voted to either the first or second team All-American squads by the four organizations that make up the All-America awards.
He was named a first-team honoree by NABC and second-team mentions by the Sporting News, USBWA and Associated Press. A player is considered a consensus All-American if named to all four lists.
Ivey becomes the fourth consensus All-American under head coach Matt Painter (JaJuan Johnson, Caleb Swaningan, Carsen Edwards) and is just the second underclassmen (freshman or sophomore; Swanigan) to be named a first-team All-American in any of the four major services in the last 92 years (John Wooden was consensus All-American as a sophomore in 1930).
Purdue shooting guards (Edwards, Ivey) have been named consensus All-Americans in two of the last four seasons. Purdue is the only school in America with two shooting guards to be named consensus All-Americans in the last four seasons.
Ivey led the Boilermakers to a 29-8 record and a spot in the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the last five tournaments, averaging 17.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game while also adding 33 steals and 20 blocked shots. He is one of just two players nationally (Duke's Paolo Banchero) with 600 points, 175 rebounds, 100 assists, 30 steals and 20 blocked shots.
He ended the year as one of just four Big Ten players in the last 30 years to have 600 points, 175 rebounds, 100 assists, 30 steals and 20 blocked shots, joining the ranks of Draymond Green, Frank Kaminsky and Evan Turner. He was the only underclassmen to reach those marks in the last 30 years.
He was named a finalist for the Jerry West Award and named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team after averaging 19.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in Indianapolis in three games.
Ivey has played his best against ranked teams, averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists in nine games. He was outstanding in a win over No. 18 North Carolina with 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, then added 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists against No. 5 Villanova.
He then had one of the signature moments of the college basketball season in an 81-78 win over No. 16 Ohio State, hitting a fadeaway 25-footer as the clock expired for the buzzer-beating victory. Three games later, he tallied 26 points with six assists and four rebounds to finish a season sweep of Illinois. He also had 25 points with four assists in a big win over a Rutgers team that had won four straight games against nationally-ranked teams.
Ivey tied a school record for most 3-pointers made without a miss with a 6-of-6 performance against Butler in the final edition of the Crossroads Classic.
Ivey scored in double-figures in 33 of his 36 games played (missed one game with an injury) and had a team-best 14 games of 20 or more points, including double-doubles against North Carolina (22 points, 10 rebounds) and Minnesota (21 points, 10 rebounds).