Davidson College Sports Information press release
Davidson guard Stephen Curry has been named a State Farm first-team Division I All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and the junior has been selected to the Dick Vitale All-America Team and a first-team All-American by NaismithLives.com, a basketball Web site.
Curry is the third Wildcat to earn All-America honors from the NABC and the first to be named to the first team since Fred Hetzel in 1965. Hetzel was named to the third team in 1964, while Mike Maloy earned third-team honors in 1969 and 1970.
Curry led the nation in scoring with 28.6 points an outing and led the Southern Conference in assists (5.6/gm) and steals (2.5/gm). He became Davidson’s and the Southern Conference’s career scoring leader and currently ranks 25th on the NCAA Division I career scoring chart (2,635 points) and fourth in 3-pointers (414).
Curry has already been named first-team All-America by The Associated Press, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and The Sporting News in addition to being named a John R. Wooden Award All-American.
The NABC has been selecting men’s college basketball All-America teams for the past 63 seasons. The first NABC All-America team was selected in 1946-47 with a first and second team for nine seasons in Division I before adding a third team in 1955-56.
And still more post-season awards, announced Wednesday, April 8:
Curry and Lovedale Named All-State, Curry Named Second-Team All-America
DAVIDSON, N.C.- Davidson’s Stephen Curry and Andrew Lovedale have been named first-team All-State by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA), announced Wednesday.
It’s the third all-state selection for Curry, who was also named second-team All-America by ESPN.com and CollegeHoops.net Wednesday.
Curry led the nation in scoring with 28.6 points an outing and led the Southern Conference in assists (5.6/gm) and steals (2.5/gm). He became Davidson’s and the Southern Conference’s career scoring leader and currently ranks 25th on the NCAA Division I career scoring chart (2,635 points) and fourth in 3-pointers (414).
Curry has already been named first-team All-America by The Associated Press, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in addition to being named a John R. Wooden Award All-American.
Lovedale earned his first all-state selection after becoming just the 11th player in school history with over 800 career points and 700 rebounds and breaking the school mark for career games played and single-season blocked shots.
He ranked 17th in the Southern Conference in scoring (12.5 ppg), tied for first in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and ranked second in blocked shots (1.5 bpg) en route to earning all-league honors from the conference’s coaches and media association.