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MBB | Augustas Marciulionis Named Finalist for Lute Olson Player of the Year Award
3/13/2025 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BOSTON, Mass. — As just announced by collegeinsider.com, back-to-back WCC Player of the Year Augustas Marciulionis has been named a finalist for the 2024-25 Lute Olson Award. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the top player in division I college basketball. The award is named for Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who amassed 776 wins over 34 seasons as a division I head men's basketball coach.
The current in a long line of incredible point guards to play for Head Coach Randy Bennett, Augustas Marciulionis has put together his best season as a Gael this year. Leading the team in both points and assists, Marciulionis has become just the second Gael in program history to tally 1000 points, 400 assists and 125 steals for his career. The only other one; Matthew Dellavedova. This season, Marciulionis recorded a career-best 202 assists (and counting), making him the sixth ever Gael to eclipse the 200 assist mark in a single season. He is two assists shy of 500 for his career. On the scoring front, Marciulionis scored 472 points this year, and will hope to break the 500 point mark for a season during March Madness.
Here is the complete list of finalists:
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, TX, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
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The current in a long line of incredible point guards to play for Head Coach Randy Bennett, Augustas Marciulionis has put together his best season as a Gael this year. Leading the team in both points and assists, Marciulionis has become just the second Gael in program history to tally 1000 points, 400 assists and 125 steals for his career. The only other one; Matthew Dellavedova. This season, Marciulionis recorded a career-best 202 assists (and counting), making him the sixth ever Gael to eclipse the 200 assist mark in a single season. He is two assists shy of 500 for his career. On the scoring front, Marciulionis scored 472 points this year, and will hope to break the 500 point mark for a season during March Madness.
Here is the complete list of finalists:
| Johni Broome | 6-10 | Sr. | Auburn |
| Walter Clayton Jr. | 6-3 | Sr. | Florida |
| LJ Cryer | 6-1 | Sr. | Houston |
| Donovan Dent | 6-2 | Jr. | New Mexico |
| Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | Kansas |
| Eric Dixon | 6-8 | Sr. | Villanova |
| Cooper Flagg | 6-9 | Fr. | Duke |
| PJ Haggerty | 6-3 | So. | Memphis |
| Chucky Hepburn | 6-2 | Sr. | Louisville |
| Kasparas Jakucionis | 6-6 | Fr. | Illinois |
| Kam Jones | 6-5 | Sr. | Marquette |
| Curtis Jones | 6-2 | Sr. | Iowa State |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 7-1 | Sr. | Creighton |
| Alex Karaban | 6-8 | Jr. | Connecticut |
| Trey Kaufman-Renn | 6-9 | Jr. | Purdue |
| Chaz Lanier | 6-5 | Sr. | Tennessee |
| RJ Luis Jr. | 6-7 | Jr. | St. John's |
| Augustas Marciulionis | 6-4 | Sr. | Saint Mary's |
| Ryan Nembhard | 6-0 | Sr. | Gonzaga |
| Derik Queen | 6-10 | Fr. | Maryland |
| Maxime Raynaud | 7-1 | Sr. | Stanford |
| Kadary Richmond | 6-6 | Sr. | St. John's |
| Richie Saunders | 6-5 | Jr. | BYU |
| Mark Sears | 6-1 | Sr. | Alabama |
| Javon Small | 6-3 | Sr. | West Virginia |
| Braden Smith | 6-0 | Jr. | Purdue |
| John Tonje | 6-5 | Sr. | Wisconsin |
| JT Toppin | 6-9 | So. | Texas Tech |
| Danny Wolf | 7-0 | Jr. | Michigan |
| Zakai Zeigler | 5-9 | Sr. | Tennessee |
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