This is the latest All-America honor for Dybantsa for the 2025-26 season. A unanimous consensus First-Team honoree, the 6-foot-9 forward earned first team accolades from Associated Press, NABC, USBWA and The Sporting News.

Dybantsa is also one of five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award that will be presented on Friday, April 10, at 7 p.m. MT on ESPNU at the Los Angeles Athletic Club as part of The Golden Anniversary celebration. It will be broadcast on ESPNU.

The Big 12 Freshman of the Year led the nation in scoring at 25.5 points per game, scoring in double figures in all 35 games as a Cougar. He set 21 BYU freshman season and single-game records leading BYU to the NCAA Tournament for a third consecutive season.

His 894 points are the second-most in a single season in program history and the third-most by a freshman in the history of NCAA Division I men’s basketball. He scored 20 or more points 28 times including eight 30-point performances highlighted by his freshman record 43 points in a win over Utah at the Marriott Center.

Dybantsa was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team after breaking Kevin Durant’s tournament scoring record with 93 points. He opened the tournament with 40 points in a win over Kansas State, breaking the former Longhorns’ freshman single-game tournament scoring record.

The Brockton, Mass. native became the second player in Big 12 history to record a 30/10/10 triple-double and first of the point/assist/rebound variety. In the Cougars’ non-conference finale, Dybantsa finished with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 109-81 win over Eastern Washington.

2026 Wooden All-American Team

Darius Acuff Jr., Fr. G, Arkansas

Cameron Boozer, Fr. F, Duke

AJ Dybantsa, Fr. F, BYU

Jeremy Fears Jr., R-So. G, Michigan State

Kingston Flemings, Fr. G, Houston

Joshua Jefferson, Sr. F, Iowa State

Yaxel Lendeborg, Grad. F, Michigan

Branden Smith, Sr. G, Purdue

JT Toppin, Jr. C, Texas Tech

Keaton Wagler, Fr. G, Illinois

Wildcats pummels Cougar baseball 16-3

Kansas State pounded out 17 hits and cruised to a 16-3 midweek non-conference win against BYU at Miller Park on Tuesday.

With the loss, the Cougars fall to 13-14 (4-5) on the year, while KSU improved to 19-10 (4-5).

Kansas State took control early, scoring four runs in the first inning, and continued its strong offensive showing throughout the afternoon with six home runs. The Cougars got home runs from  Ezra McNaughton and Easton Jones, but it was not nearly enough. Using the midweek game as a staff day, eight BYU pitchers surrendered 17 hits, 15 earned runs, six home runs, five doubles and five walks while compiling 11 strikeouts.

Jones finished 3-of-4 with 2 RBI and McNaughton was 2 of 4 with an RBI for the Cougars, which managed eight hits.

Before the Cougars had a chance to bat, the Wildcats got on the board quickly with a pair of home runs, helping the visitors to a 4-0 in the top of the first. With one out, BYU cut into the Kansas State lead with a home run from McNaughton in the bottom half of the first, his ninth of the season, tying the team high.

Kansas State added to its lead over the next four innings with back-to-back two-run frames, followed by single runs in the fourth and fifth for a 10-1 advantage.

After holding the Wildcats scoreless for the first time in the top of the sixth, BYU recorded its second home run of the game as Jones sent his 10th of the season over the left-field wall. With  Ryder Robinson  already on base, the deficit was cut to 10-3.

Kansas State capped off the scoring with six more runs over the next two innings, including five in the eighth for a 16-3 win.

BYU is back on the road later this week with its fourth Big 12 series of the year. The Cougars travel to Waco, Texas, for a three-game Big 12 series with the Baylor Bears April 2-4. The series will be broadcasted live on ESPN+ with radio coverage on the BYUradio app, BYUradio.org, SiriusXm 143 and in Utah County on BYUradio 107.9 FM.