Iowa’s Garza Named ESPN, Stadium National Player of the Year

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa men's basketball junior Luka Garza was named National Player of the Year by ESPN and Stadium and to their five-member All-America first teams on Tuesday.

The ESPN and Stadium honors are the second and third media outlets in as many weeks to tab Garza as national player of the year (Sporting News). Garza is a first-team All-American by ESPN, USA Today, CBS Sports, Sporting News and NBC Sports.

Garza is the first player in Iowa history to earn national player of the year distinction.