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Purdue’s Zach Edey wins Wooden Award as top men's hoops player

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Purdue center Zach Edey haswon the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s top men’s collegebasketball player.

The announcement was made Tuesday on ESPN.

Edey is the first Canadian-born winner and the second playerfrom Purdue to be honored, joining Glenn Robinson in 1994.

The 7-foot-4 Edey is the first player since winner DavidRobinson of Navy in 1987 to have at least 750 points, 450 reboundsand 50 blocks in a single season.

Voting by a national panel took place from March 13-20 duringearly rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Purdue, a No. 1 seed, lost inthe first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Caitlin Clark of Iowa won the women’s Wooden Award. She led theHawkeyes to the national championship game where they lost toLSU.

Edey and Clark, who were each named AP’s national players of theyear, will receive their awards Friday at the Los Angeles AthleticClub.

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