Thabeet Named Second Team AP All-American

The honors continue to roll in for UConn Huskies junior center Hasheem Thabeet as today he was named to the AP All-America Second Team. Blake Griffin from Oklahoma was the only unanimous selection on the first team.

Pittsburgh and North Carolina led the way with two selections while the Big East had six representatives out of the 15 selected.

UConn’s Jeff Adrien and A.J. Price were also named Honorable Mention All-Americans.

Here’s a look at the AP All-America Teams:

First Team:

• Stephen Curry, Davidson, Jr
• James Harden, Arizona St, So
• Blake Griffin, Oklahoma, So
• DeJuan Blair, Pittsburgh, So
• Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina, Sr

Second Team:

• Hasheem Thabeet, UConn, Jr
• Ty Lawson, North Carolina, Jr
• Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, Jr
• Jodie Meeks, Kentucky, Jr
• Jerel McNeal, Marquette, Sr

Third Team:

• Terrence Williams, Louisville, Sr
• Toney Douglas, Florida State, Sr
• Sam Young, Pittsburgh, Sr
• Sharron Collins, Kansas, Jr
• Gerald Henderson, Duke, Jr

HONORABLE MENTION

Jeff Adrien, Connecticut; Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton; Cole Aldrich, Kansas; Alex Barnett, Dartmouth; Marqus Blakely, Vermont; Craig Brackins, Iowa State; Michael Bramos, Miami (Ohio); Jon Brockman, Washington; Brandon Brooks, Alabama State; John Bryant, Santa Clara.

Chase Budinger, Arizona; DeMarre Carroll, Missouri; Jeremy Chappell, Robert Morris; Dionte Christmas, Temple; Earl Clark, Louisville; Darren Collison, UCLA; Dante Cunningham, Villanova; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Tyreke Evans, Memphis; Levance Fields, Pittsburgh.

Jonny Flynn, Syracuse; Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena; Jordan Hill, Arizona; Matt Howard, Butler; Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin; Matt Kingsley, Stephen F. Austin; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; Eric Maynor, Virginia Commonwealth; Kellen McCoy, Weber State; Tywain McKee, Coppin State.

Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky; Derrick Mercer, American; Luke Nevill, Utah; Ahmad Nivins, Saint Joseph’s; Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford; A.J. Price, Connecticut; Alex Renfroe, Belmont; Tyrese Rice, Boston College; Kyle Singler, Duke; Jermaine Taylor, Central Florida.

Jeff Teague, Wake Forest; Marcus Thornton, LSU; Evan Turner, Ohio State; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Gary Wilkinson, Utah State; Booker Woodfox, Creighton; Ben Woodside, North Dakota State.