Country United States | First awarded 2015 | |
Awarded for The nation's top male power forward in NCAA Division I basketball Presented by Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Currently held by Georges Niang, Iowa State Official website | ||
The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate power forward. Following the success of the Bob Cousy Award which had been awarded since 2004, the award was one of four new awards (along with the Jerry West Award, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award and Julius Erving Award) created as part of the inaugural College Basketball Awards show in 2015. It is named after 14-time NBA All-Star, 11-time All-NBA First Team player Karl Malone. The inaugural winner was Montrezl Harrell.
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