LUTE OLSON AWARD "PLAYER OF THE WEEK" HONORS
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March  2, 2015

BOSTON (MA) -- Oregon's Joseph Young earns Lute Olson award national player of the week honors.

The 6-foot-2 senior helped the Ducks to a pair of big road wins last week. On Wednesday Young had a game-high 25 points at Cal. He also added four rebounds and three assists. He followed up that effort with a game-high 21 points at Stanford on Sunday. Young also finished with five rebounds and two assists.

Young is first repeat recipient of the national player of the week honor this season.

The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons with his respective team. Freshmen and first-year transfers can be named to the All-America team, but are not eligible to receive the Player of the Year honors.

The award is named in honor of coaching great Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.

WEEKLY HONORS

Week 16 (March 2) Joseph Young (Oregon)
Week 15 (Feb. 23) Juwan Staten (West Virginia)
Week 14 (Feb. 16) Perry Ellis (Kansas)
Week 13 (Feb. 9) Joseph Young (Oregon)
Week 12 (Feb. 2) Askia Booker (Colorado)
Week 11 (Jan. 26) Jerian Grant (Notre Dame)
Week 10 (Jan. 19) Chasson Randle (Stanford)
Week 9 (Jan. 12) Marcus Foster (Kansas State)
Week 8 (Jan. 5) Jahlil Okafor (Duke)
Week 7 (Dec. 29) D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (Georgetown)
Week 6 (Dec. 22) Jordan Price (La Salle)
Week 5 (Dec. 15)  Zach Auguste (Notre Dame) & Josh Richardson (Tennessee)
Week 4 (Dec. 8) Tyrone Wallace (California)
Week 3 (Dec. 1) Aaron Bacote (Old Dominion)
Week 2 (Nov. 24) Angel Rodriguez (Miami)
Week 1 (Nov. 17) Georges Niang (Iowa State)