Frank Kaminsky is in the running for the 2015 Wooden award, and after a mix-up on Friday morning, the Wisconsin center was mistakenly announced as the winner.Gary Parrish of CBS Sports reported the news that Kaminsky had won, but as ESPN's Andy Katz noted, the press release had been mistakenly sent out:Kaminsky faced stiff competition for every award this season, and the Wooden is no exception. The other four finalists are Duke center Jahlil Okafor, Kentucky forward Willie Cauley-Stein, Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant and Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell. Ultimately, as Katz reported, that race will come down to two players, Okafor and Kaminsky.All of them enjoyed fine campaigns, but none of them were able to equal the overall impact Kaminsky made on Wisconsin and college basketball as a whole.Kaminsky led the Badgers all the way to the national championship game before ultimately falling to Duke. Wisconsin memorably ended Kentucky's undefeated season in the Final Four, and Kaminsky was the driving force behind it.He ended the season with averages of nearly 19 points and eight rebounds per game, while shooting almost 55 percent from the field and 42 percent from long range.Winning award after award may seem like old hat for some, but Kaminsky scratched and clawed his way to this point. He wasn't a highly touted recruit entering college, and he didn't even average two points per contest as a freshman.Because of that, Kaminsky will undoubtedly be gracious if he accepts the honor Friday night, just like he was when he won the Associated Press Player of the Year Award, per Jim Polzin ofThe Wisconsin State Journal.It means a lot. It's been a long journey. It wasn't easy at times, but I just believed in the process and believed in myself and had a lot of people who also believed in me. They really pushed me. My teammates really helped me by making me a better player every day in practice. I've just got to be thankful to all the people who helped me.One can only assume that Kaminsky would willingly trade in all the hardware for a national title, but Wisconsin falling just short doesn't change what the Lisle, Illinois, native accomplished.He was the most complete and dominant player in college basketball this past season, and he carried himself respectably as well.Editor's Note:This piece was edited to reflect the mistaken announcement, and initially reported Kaminsky as the winner.Follow @MikeChiari on Twitter
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