SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga's Filip Petrusev was named second team All-American by USA TODAY and CBS Sports and third team All-American by Sporting News.
 
Petrusev was joined by Devon Dotson (Kansas), Cassius Winston (Michigan State), Malachi Flynn (San Diego State) and Tre Jones (Duke) on USA TODAY's second team. Dayton's Obi Toppin was selected as the Player of the Year. Payton Pritchard (Oregon), Markus Howard (Marquette), Udoka Azubuike (Kansas) and Luka Garza (Iowa) were also named to the first team.
 
Petrusev was named the 2020 West Coast Conference Player of the Year. The sophomore became the first underclassman to receive the honor since 1981. He was named to the national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award, which is presented to the nation's best player. He is also a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
 
Petrusev averaged a team-high 17.5 points per game, which ranked third in the West Coast Conference. He topped the league shooting 56.2 percent from the field. The sophomore was second in the WCC grabbing 7.9 rebounds per game. He was ninth blocking 0.9 shots each game.
 
In conference play, Petrusev scored 18.5 points, while shooting 57.8 percent from the field. This season, he had nine double-doubles this season, which ranked second in the WCC. The Belgrade, Serbia, native reached double-digit scoring in all but two games this season. He reached at least 20 points a team-high nine times in 2019-20, including a career-high 31 points in a win at Santa Clara.
 
Petrusev drew 7.7 fouls per 40 minutes, which was the fourth-most in the nation. His 238 free-throw attempts rank as the fourth-most taken in the country. Petrusev was named the WCC Player of the Week three times during the Zags' 31-2 season.