Updated Mar 31, 2006 08:57:04
Millsap Earns AP All-America Honor
RUSTON, La. ???- Louisiana Tech superstar junior forward Paul Millsap has been given another honor to add to his increasingly large list: Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention.
The 6-8 native of Grambling, La., finished the 2005-06 season averaging 19.7 points and 13.3 rebounds per game. Unofficially, Millsap has won the NCAA rebounding championship for an unprecedented third straight year. The award cannot be officially handed out until after the national championship game April 3.
Millsap also broke the Western Athletic Conference rebounding record by averaging 15.6 boards in conference games and also earned him a first-team All-WAC and WAC-Defensive team selections.
The AP All-America Team is as follows:
First Team
Adam Morrison, Gonzaga, 6-8, Junior
J.J. Redick, Duke, 6-4, Senior
Randy Foye, Villanova, 6-4, Senior
Shelden Williams, Duke, 6-9, Senior
Brandon Roy, Washington, 6-6, Senior
Second Team
Dee Brown, Illinois, 6-0, Senior
Rodney Carney, Memphis, 6-7, Senior
Rudy Gay, Connecticut, 6-9, Sophomore
P.J. Tucker, Texas, 6-5, Junior
Leon Powe, California, 6-8, Sophomore
Third Team
Craig Smith, Boston College, 6-7, Senior
Glen Davis, LSU, 6-9, Sophomore
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina, 6-9, Freshman
Nick Fazekas, Nevada, 6-11, Junior
Allan Ray, Villanova, 6-2, Senior
Honorable Mention
Arron Afflalo, UCLA; Maurice Ager, Michigan State; LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas; Jose Juan Barea, Northeastern; J.P. Batista, Gonzaga; Jahsha Bluntt, Delaware State; Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas; Keydren Clark, Saint Peter's; Mardy Collins, Temple; Paul Davis, Michigan State; Terrance Dials, Ohio State; Quincy Douby, Rutgers; Jordan Farmar, UCLA; Mike Gansey, West Virginia; Daniel Gibson, Texas; Caleb Green, Oral Roberts; DeAndre Haynes, Kent State; Brandon Heath, San Diego State; Jeff Horner, Iowa; Ibrahim Jaaber, Pennsylvania; Jarrious Jackson, Texas Tech; Marco Killingsworth, Indiana; Carl Krauser, Pittsburgh; Jack Leasure, Coastal Carolina; Charles Lee, Bucknell; Chris Lofton, Tennessee; Christian Maraker, Pacific; Gerry McNamara, Syracuse; J. Robert Merritt, Samford; Paul Miller, Wichita State; Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech; Elton Nesbitt, Georgia Southern; Joakim Noah, Florida; Kevin Pittsnogle, West Virginia; Chris Quinn, Notre Dame; Brion Rush, Grambling State; Blake Schilb, Loyola of Chicago; Steven Smith, La Salle; Tim Smith, East Tennessee State; Ronald Steele, Alabama.
Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington; Chad Timberlake, Fairleigh Dickinson; Darius Washington, Memphis; Marcus Williams, Connecticut; Jamar Wilson, Albany, N.Y.; Anthony Winchester, Western Kentucky; Ricky Woods, Southeastern Louisiana.