Tall Order: Edey En Route to Becoming 8th Multiple-Season National POY

Iowa's fabulous female Caitlin Clark is far more popular than any current male college basketball player. But Purdue's Zach Edey, after scoring 30 or more points and grabbing at least 14 rebounds in three consecutive Big Ten Conference contests in mid-January, is well on his way to joining a list of luminaries earning multiple national player of the year awards. The only three players in this category over the previous half century all were from Atlantic Coast Conference members. The 7-4 Edey is bound to align with the following chronological list of first seven individuals each winning more than 87% of their games while honored multiple seasons since UPI's initial winner in 1955 (record is during seasons player won awards):