Anthony Davis Named Kentucky
Sportsman of the Year
Davis selected from
among 10 finalists
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Former Kentucky men's basketball National Player of the Year
Anthony Davis was named the Lexington Herald-Leader 2012 Kentucky Sportsman of
the Year at the second annual Bluegrass Sports Awards banquet Thursday night.
Davis
was selected from a group of finalists including Teddy Bridgewater, John
Calipari, Randall Cobb, Dermonti Dawson, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Tom Jurich,
A'dia Mathies, Darius Miller and Charlie Strong.
The 2012 National
Player of the Year by various organizations, Davis earned the Oscar Robertson
Trophy, the Adolph Rupp Trophy, the Associated Press Player of the Year,
Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year, Basketball Times Player of
the Year and John R. Wooden Award. He also was named a 2012 NCAA consensus
first-team unanimous All-America selection, earning the national Freshman,
Defensive Player and Big Man awards.
Davis helped lead
Kentucky to its eighth national championship in men's basketball and was named
the 2012 Final Four Most Outstanding Player for his efforts.
Furthermore, the
Chicago native set a new standard in the NCAA freshman record books for blocks
in a season with 186 swats. The new mark also stands as a conference and UK
single-season record. He led the league in blocks (186), field-goal percentage
(.623) and double-doubles (20).
The overall No. 1 draft pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Davis was also a member of
Team USA that won Olympic gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The
Sportsman of the Year award, given annually since 1981, is voted on by sports
media statewide.
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