Brodziansky, Williams earn Big 12 honors

TCU seniors Kenrich Williams and Vladimir Brodziansky are going out in style in their final season as Horned Frogs, leading their team to a series of firsts throughout the year on their path to an NCAA Tournament berth. For their efforts, both have been name All-Big 12 Conference selections Sunday, with Williams a second team selection and Brodziansky a third. It is the second selection for both players.

Williams, who was a preseason Honorable Mention, averaged 12.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, and put up 12 double-doubles on the year. He was the Emerald Coast Classic MOP, and a key cog in helping the Frogs win the most games and most conference games in their history since joining the Big 12.

Brodziansky, a second team selection a season ago, averaged 15.2 points per game, scoring in double digits in 27 of the 31 games played on 57.7% shooting. Vlad is also a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.

Conference Player of the Year went to Kansas’ Devonte’ Graham, and the Jayhawks also had the Newcomer of the Year in Malik Newman. Jevon Carter won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year award and Trae Young took home Freshman of the Year honors. The Coach of the Year vote was split, and thus shared by Texas Tech’s Chris Beard and Kansas’ Bill Self.

The entire awards list is below.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Devonte’ Graham, Kansas

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jevon Carter, West Virginia

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Malik Newman, Kansas

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Trae Young, Oklahoma

SIXTH MAN AWARD

Terry Maston, Baylor

COACH OF THE YEAR

Bill Self, Kansas

Chris Beard, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 First Team

Devonte’ Graham, Kansas

Dean Wade, Kansas State

Trae Young, Oklahoma

Keenan Evans, Texas Tech

Jevon Carter, West Virginia

All-Big 12 Second Team

Manu Lecomte, Baylor

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Kansas

Barry Brown, Jr., Kansas State

Kenrich Williams, TCU

Mohamba Bamba, Texas

All-Big 12 Third Team

Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr., Baylor

Udoka Azubuike, Kansas

Jeffrey Carroll, Oklahoma State

Vladimir Brodziansky, TCU

Sagaba Konate, West Virginia

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Listed alphabetically by school)

Cameron Lard (Iowa State), Donovan Jackson (Iowa State), Lindell Wigginton (Iowa State), Lagerald Vick (Kansas), Matt Coleman (Texas), Dylan Osetkowski (Texas), Kerwin Roach II (Texas), Zhaire Smith (Texas Tech)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team

Barry Brown, Jr., Kansas State

Mohamba Bamba, Texas

Sagaba Konate, West Virginia

Jevon Carter, West Virginia

Zhaire Smith, Texas Tech

Big 12 All-Newcomer Team

Lindell Wigginton, Iowa State

Malik Newman, Kansas

Trae Young, Oklahoma

Mohamed Bamba, Texas

Zhaire Smith, Texas Tech