BOSTON – Continuing to collect accolades during his tremendous season, Stanford’s Ebuka Okorie has been named a finalist for the Kyle Macy Award, presented annually to the top freshman in college basketball. The award is presented by collegeinsider.com.
Okorie is one of 25 finalists for the award and one of five in the ACC. Okorie has dazzled for the Cardinal this season with averages of 22.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He ranks fifth nationally in scoring and second among freshmen, trailing only BYU's AJ Dybantsa nationally, and he leads the ACC, just ahead of Duke's Cameron Boozer.
Okorie's seven 30-point games are tied for the most by any freshman in ACC history with Marvin Bagley III (Duke) in 2017-18, and fourth in the conference's overall history. His scoring average is on pace to pass Duke’s RJ Barrett for the top mark in ACC history by any freshman player. He would be the first freshman to meet his averages in points, rebounds, assists and steals, nationally, since Oklahoma's Trae Young and Howard's RJ Cole in 2017-18.
Okorie already owns the program's scoring records by a freshman, both in a game and over the course of a season.
The award is named for a guard who starred as a freshman for Purdue. The 1975 Indiana Mr. Basketball, Kyle Macy played his freshman season at Purdue University, averaging 13.8 points per game while leading the Boilermakers in free throws.