Newport’s Cooper Flagg, currently in the NCAA’s Final Four playing for Duke, has been named AP Player of the Year.
Flagg joins Zion Williamson, Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant as the only freshmen to win the prestigious award.
Squad came thru for the AP POTY‼️
👏 @Cooper_Flagg pic.twitter.com/0zi44Lf1k1
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) April 4, 2025
#BREAKING: Cooper Flagg was named The Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the year on Friday, becoming only the fourth freshman to win the award in its 64-year history. https://t.co/SFa3g0IxS1
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) April 4, 2025
BREAKING: Duke's Cooper Flagg is the AP player of the year in men's college basketball and just the fourth freshman to earn that honor. https://t.co/FPP9h8wuZ3
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2025
Other awards picked up by Cooper include: NABC National Player of the Year, the National Freshman of the Year and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, given out annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division I men’s basketball player by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
Cooper Flagg is the 2025 recipient of the Oscar Robertson Trophy 🏆 pic.twitter.com/07X7aEcNr0
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) April 4, 2025
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