CBSSPORTS.com – CBSsports.com has announced that University of Dayton forward Obi Toppin is its National Player of the Year.  He was also named a First Team All-American by the organization.

Toppin finished the year averaging 20.0 points and 7.5 rebounds a game, and shooting .633 (245-387) from the field, .390 (32-82) from 3-pt. range and .702 (99-141) from the line.  

He was the only player in the country who is averaging 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and shot over 60% from the field.  He also had the best field goal percentage in the last five years of any Division I player who averaged 20 points a game.

In making the announcement, CBS Sports' Matt Norlander said "Toppin is not only a special player, he also exhibits so much of what makes college basketball great in a modern and traditional sense.  He proved that you can come from anywhere and take any path on your way to helping your school to its best season in history."

The redshirt sophomore from Brooklyn led the A-10 in FG% (.633, 245-387), and was second in scoring (20.0).  He was the only player in the conference to be listed in both the top ten in FG% and 3-pt. FG% (8th, .390, 32-82).  He was also fifth nationally in field goal percentage, even though he took more than double the number of three-pointers the rest of the top 10 combined.

He also led the nation in dunks (107).

Toppin lifted the Flyers to a 29-2 record, setting the most wins in school history even though UD did not get a chance to play any post-season games.  Dayton ended the year ranked third in the nation and will carry a 20-game win streak into 2020-21.  UD won its third A-10 regular season in the last five years, but this season went undefeated (18-0) for the first time.

Already named the College Basketball Player of the Year by NBC Sports and Rivals, Toppin remains on the national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award, is a semifinalist for the Naismith Trophy, and is on the watch lists for the USBWA's Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone Award.

Fan voting is currently ongoing for the Wooden and Malone Awards, and is scheduled to begin on Friday for the Naismith Trophy.