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Zion Williamson takes another award, wins ESPY for Best College Athlete

By Kevin Connelly

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 10: Zion Williamson attends The 2019 ESPYs at Microsoft Theater on July 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 10: Zion Williamson attends The 2019 ESPYs at Microsoft Theater on July 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images) /
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The former Duke Basketball legend, Zion Williamson, racked in another award on Wednesday night winning the ESPY for the Best College Athlete.

To whoever created the saying, ‘You can’t win them all,’ clearly never envisioned the greatness of Zion Williamson.

Williamson won the ESPY for the Best College Athlete, on the heels of being named the ACC Male Athlete of the Year and winning every National Player of the Year Award for the 2018-19 season in addition to being the ACC Player of the Year.

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Zion also was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.

The former Blue Devil beat out Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray, Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu, and UCLA’s Rachel Garcia.

Murray won the Heisman Trophy and was the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, Ionescu was a triple-double machine for the Oregon Women’s Basketball team, breaking the NCAA’s all time record for a triple-doubles in a single season, and Garcia led the UCLA Softball team to a National Championship.

In his acceptance speech, Williamson thanked Duke University and Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski for allowing him to play on the game’s biggest stage, and also gave a special shoutout to The Brotherhood, as Williamson said he wished they could have been with him.

Zion also said that he wishes he could return to Duke, but subtly mentioned that huge check that was awaiting him in the NBA, as shown by his outfits tonight and at the NBA Draft.

At Duke, Williamson averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.1 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game leading the Blue Devils to an ACC Tournament Championship and a berth in the Elite Eight, coming within one point of the Final Four.

Zion Williamson has been shut down for the rest of the Las Vegas Summer League due to a left knee bruise, but the injury is not considered to be serious and the Pelicans are being extra cautious with the superstars healthy early in his career.

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