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On Wednesday afternoon the U.S. Basketball Writers Association named LSU freshman Ben Simmons the winner of the Wayman Tisdale Award as the national freshman of the year.

In that announcement, the USBWA also named its freshman All-America team, which included Marquette forward Henry Ellenson. Ellenson and Simmons were joined by California's Jaylen Brown, Duke's Brandon Ingram and Kentucky's Jamal Murray.

The recognition was the latest of many accolades heaped on Ellenson after a season in which he established himself as one of the best freshmen to ever play at Marquette. Ellenson set the freshman scoring record with 561 points, eclipsing Dominic James' 473 points during the 2005-'06 season. Ellenson also shattered Bo Ellis' freshman rebounding record (264 in 1973-'74) with 321 boards this season.

In addition to those records, Ellenson set six others among Marquette freshmen. He is now the top first-year in terms of scoring average (17.0), rebounding average (9.7), field goals made (194), field goals attempted (435), free throws made (143), free throws attempted (191).

Below is a list of the awards Ellenson has won this season:

Big East Freshman of the Year

All-Big East First Team

Big East All-Freshman Team

USBWA Freshman All-America Team

Sporting News All-Freshman All-American

USBWA All-District V Team

Preseason All-Big East Second Team

Big East Freshman of the Week (11/30, 12/14, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, 2/15, 2/29, 3/6)

Big East Honor Roll (11/16, 12/28)

Legends Classic MVP

Karl Malone Award Finalist

Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award Finalist

Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week (12/15, 1/26)