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Let's Be Frank: This KU Player is Piling Up Basketball Awards

By Greg Echlin
Published March 31, 2017 at 7:24 PM CDT
Frank Mason III poses with his parents (Frank Mason II and Sharon Harrison) and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson after the KU player was awarded the Oscar Robertson trophy as the USBWA (U.S Basketball Writers Assn.) Player of the Year. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Oscar Robertson and KU guard Frank Mason III. (Photo from KU Athletics)
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He's already been named the National Player of the Year. Now, Kansas Jayhawks guard Frank Mason has collected yet another individual honor, as the winner of the Oscar Robertson trophy. KPR’s Greg Echlin has more.

It's Good to be Frank

List of honors and awards to date for Frank Mason III

USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy (as national player of the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association)
Associated Press Player of the Year
Sporting News Player of the Year
CBS Sports Player of the Year
USA TODAY Player of the Year
Bleacher Report Player of the Year
NBC Sports Player of the Year
Big 12 Conference Player of the Year
First-Team All-America
 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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