DENVER-Wednesday, Utah Valley men’s basketball redshirt sophomore center Fairdaws Aimaq earned the WAC 2020-21 Joe Kearney Award.

Named in honor of former WAC commissioner Joe Kearney (1980-1994), this award is presented to the top male and female student-athletes in the WAC annually.

This past season, Aimaq posted 13.9 points and  a national-best 15 rebounds per game.

Aimaq’s 333 net rebounds led the nation as well.

The 6-11 native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was also named the Division I Riley Wallace player of the year award as the top transfer in the nation. Aimaq came to the Wolverines from the Mercer Bears of the Southern Conference.

Aimaq is the third Utah Valley student-athlete to receive this honor. Others include men’s track and field athlete Michael McPherson (2014-15) and men’s soccer player Paul Hoffmeister (2016-17).