Julius Erving Award

The Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate small forward. 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, Karl Malone Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015.[1] It is named after NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team player Julius Erving.[2] The inaugural winner was Stanley Johnson[3] and has predominantly been won by players from Villanova University, winning three awards since its inception.

Julius Erving Award
Awarded forThe nation's top male small forward in NCAA Division I basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented byNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
History
First award2015
Most recentJalen Wilson, Kansas
Websitehttp://www.hoophallawards.com/

Winners
Mikal Bridges was the winner of the Julius Erving Award in 2018.
* 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 Julius Erving Award
Season Player School Class
2014–15 Stanley Johnson Arizona Freshman
2015–16 Denzel Valentine Michigan State Senior
2016–17 Josh Hart Villanova Senior
2017–18 Mikal Bridges[4] Villanova Junior
2018–19 Rui Hachimura Gonzaga Junior
2019–20 Saddiq Bey Villanova Sophomore
2020–21 Corey Kispert Gonzaga Senior
2021–22 Wendell Moore Jr. Duke Junior
2022–23 Jalen Wilson Kansas Junior

Winners by school
SchoolWinnersYears
Villanova32017, 2018, 2020
Gonzaga22019, 2021
Arizona12015
Duke12022
Kansas12023
Michigan State12016

Notes
  1. "New College Basketball Awards Show to Honor the Season's Top Players April 10 on ESPN2". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  2. "Fifteen Candidates Announced for First-Ever Julius Erving Award". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. February 18, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  3. "Stanley Johnson of Arizona wins Small Forward of Year award". FOX Sports. Associated Press. April 10, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. Pascoe, Bruce (April 7, 2018). "Arizona's Ayton Wins Karl Malone Award". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. p. B004 – via Newspapers.com.
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