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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

13 Deandre Ayton

  • Position Forward
  • Height 7-1
  • Weight 250
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Nassau, Bahamas
  • High School Hillcrest Prep Academy (Ariz.)

Biography

Freshman Season (2017-18)
Consensus First Team All-American as selected by USBWA, AP, NABC and Sporting News… Karl Malone Award winner… Pac-12 Player of the Year… Pac-12 Freshman of the Year… First Team All-Pac-12 selection… Pac-12 All-Freshman Team member… Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection… Most Outstanding Player of the Pac-12 Tournament… Became first player in conference history to win Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Tournament Most Outstanding Player in the same season… Joined Cal’s Shareef Abdur-Rahim and UCLA’s Kevin Love as the only players in the history of the Pac-12 to win Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year… USBWA District IX Player of the Year… Ended the season averaging 20.1 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 61.2 percent from the field… Was one of only three players in the nation to end the regular season averaging 20 or more points and 10 or more rebounds a game, joining Duke’s Marvin Bagley III and Saint Mary’s Jock Landale… Set a new Pac-12 record for double-doubles by a freshman with 24 for the season, which was also the most double-doubles in a season by any player in UA history… Became the first player in Arizona program to score 30 or more points and grab ten or more rebounds in a Pac-12 Tournament game, doing so twice, with monster games of 32 points and 14 rebounds versus UCLA and 32 points and 18 rebounds in championship game win over USC… Became the first Wildcat since Al Fleming in 1975-76 to tally a 20-20 game with his 26 points and 20 rebounds versus California (3-3-18) on Senior Day… Earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on two occasions, including one following 23 points and 19 rebounds in win over No. 3 Arizona State… Many other notable single-game performances include 29 points and 18 rebounds in win over Alabama (12-9-17) and 28 points and 18 rebounds at Oregon (2-24-18)… Became first Wildcat since Bob Elliott in 1974-75 to finish a season averaging 20 or more points and 10 or more rebounds per game… Finished his time in Tucson posting UA top ten, single-season marks in points, rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage while setting the freshman season records in all four of those categories as well… Ended 2017-18 campaign with 20-point, 10-rebound showings in nine games with seven games of 15 or more rebounds.


Prior to Arizona
A 2017 McDonald’s All-American… Became 23rd McDonald’s All-American to join the Wildcats in program history… Was the first ESPN No. 1 overall prospect in the nation to head to a Pac-12 school since 2007 at the time of his commitment... Scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds in 2017 Jordan Brand Classic game… Member of the Bahamian National Team in 2014 Centrobasket competition… Naismith Trophy High School All-American… Prep Naismith Trophy Watchlist… Was the fourth ESPN top ten recruit to commit to UA since 2012, joining Kaleb Tarczewski, Aaron Gordon and Stanley Johnson… Averaged over 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in Nike EYBL summer circuit… Scored 21 points and tallied 10 rebounds in Hoophall Classic game versus future teammate Brandon Randolph and Westtown School.

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