Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate center.
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, Julius Erving Award and Karl Malone Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015. It is named after three-time NCAA champion, three-time NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player, and three-time national player of the year Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The inaugural winner was Frank Kaminsky.
| Awarded for | The nation's top male center in NCAA Division I basketball |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| History | |
| First award | 2015 |
| Most recent | Zach Edey, Purdue |
| Website | http://www.hoophallawards.com |
Winners
| * | 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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award at that point |
| Season | Player | School | Class | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Frank Kaminsky* | Wisconsin | Senior | |
| 2015–16 | Jakob Pöltl | Utah | Sophomore | |
| 2016–17 | Przemek Karnowski | Gonzaga | Senior | |
| 2017–18 | Ángel Delgado | Seton Hall | Senior | |
| 2018–19 | Ethan Happ | Wisconsin | Senior | |
| 2019–20 | Luka Garza | Iowa | Junior | |
| 2020–21 | Luka Garza* (2) | Iowa | Senior | |
| 2021–22 | Oscar Tshiebwe* | Kentucky | Junior | |
| 2022–23 | Zach Edey* | Purdue | Junior | |
| 2023–24 | Zach Edey* (2) | Purdue | Senior |
Winners by school
| School | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Purdue | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 2015, 2019 |
| Gonzaga | 1 | 2017 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 2022 |
| Seton Hall | 1 | 2018 |
| Utah | 1 | 2016 |
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