TCU center Xavier Edmonds has gone from junior college transfer to All-Big 12.
The 6-foot-8 junior earned third-team honors on the All-Big 12 men’s basketball teams released Monday. Sophomore forward David Punch received honorable mention.
Edmonds is in his first season with the Horned Frogs after two years at Salt Lake Community College in Utah. He averages 12.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 0.9 blocks while shooting a team-best 57.6% from the field for TCU (21-10, 11-7), which surged to finish sixth in the conference and is headed to the NCAA Tournament.
Edmonds stepped up at center after Malick Diallo suffered a season-ending injury in the opener.
Punch averages a team-best 13.6 points, 6.6 rebounds (tied with Edmonds) and 1.9 blocks, along with 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals.
Arizona senior guard Jaden Bradley was named Player of the Year, and Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd earned Coach of the Year.
Here is the full list of honorees:
2026 All-Big 12 men’s basketball awards Player of the Year Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Defensive Player of the Year Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Freshman of the Year AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Newcomer of the Year Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Sixth Man Award Tobe Awaka, Arizona*
Most Improved Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
Coach of the Year Tommy Lloyd, Arizona
All-Big 12 first team Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Brayden Burries, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*
All-Big 12 second team Richie Saunders, BYU
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
All-Big 12 third team Koa Peat, Arizona
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Rob Wright, BYU
Themus Fulks, Central Florida
Xavier Edmonds, TCU
All-Big 12 honorable mention Arizona: Tobe Awaka
Baylor: Tounde Yessoufou
Cincinnati: Moustapha Thiam
Colorado: Isaiah Johnson
Houston: Joseph Tugler, Milos Uzan
Kansas: Melvin Council Jr.
Kansas State: PJ Haggerty
Oklahoma State: Parsa Fallah
TCU: David Punch
Texas Tech: Donovan Atwell
West Virginia: Honor Huff
Utah: Terrence Brown
All-Defensive team Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas*
(A tie resulted in an extra position on the team)
All-Freshman team Brayden Burries, Arizona*
Koa Peat, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Darryn Peterson, Kansas*
All-Newcomer team Cameron Carr, Baylor
Themus Fulks, Central Florida
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech
*unanimous selection
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Jim Barnes is the Star-Telegram’s sports editor. A Fort Worth native and graduate of Castleberry High School, he returned to Texas after 13 years at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He previously was sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and a freelance high school sports reporter for The Dallas Morning News.
