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Incoming USC Freshman Evan Mobley Named Wootten National Player of the Year
April 01, 2020 | Men's Basketball, Features
The Wootten Award is given every year to the top player from the pool of McDonald's All-Americans, which Mobley was named on Jan. 23. It is one of seven annual major national player of the year awards.
Another day, another accomplishment.
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Congratulations to incoming freshman @evan_mobley7 on being named the @MCDAAG Morgan Wooten Player of the Year! pic.twitter.com/aNIDsprjgz
Mobley, a 7-foot forward who signed his National Letter of Intent with the Trojans on Aug. 5, averaged 18.6 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in his senior season at Rancho Christian High School in Temecula.
A consensus top-3 overall prospect, Mobley repeated as California's Gatorade Player of the Year for the second consecutive season on March 26. He was also named a Naismith First-Team All-American on March 10 and Naismith Player of the Year finalist on Feb. 21.
He won gold medals representing USA Basketball at the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup and the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup. He was named as a participant for the 2019 USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team October minicamp and participated in the 2019 USA Men's Junior National Team Next Generation minicamp at the NCAA Men's Final Four.
Mobley is expected to join his brother — current Trojan forward Isaiah Mobley — and his father — assistant coach Eric Mobley — for USC's 2020-21 campaign.
Evan Mobley's Accolades
- Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year Winner
- Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Trophy Boys Player of the Year Finalist
- McDonald's High School Boys' All-American
- Naismith National High School Boys' First-Team All-American
- MaxPreps.com High School Boys Basketball All-American Fifth Team
- 2x Gatorade State Player of the Year (California)
- MaxPreps.com California All-State Boys Basketball First Team
- All-CIF Southern Section First Team
- Los Angeles Times All-Star Boys' Basketball Team
All-Time McDonald's All-American Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year winners:
1997: Shane Battier
1998: Ronald Curry
1999: Jonathan Bender
2000: Chris Duhon
2001: Aaron Miles
2002: Torin Francis
2003: LeBron James
2004: Dwight Howard
2005: Josh McRoberts
2006: Greg Oden
2007: Kevin Love
2008: Greg Monroe
2009: Derrick Favors
2010: Harrison Barnes
2011: Austin Rivers
2012: Shabazz Muhammad
2013: Jabari Parker
2014: Jahlil Okafor
2015: Ben Simmons
2016: Lonzo Ball
2017: Wendell Carter Jr.
2018: R.J. Barrett
2019: James Wiseman
2020: Evan Mobley
