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Canaan Named Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention
4/1/2013 3:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Murray State men's basketball star Isaiah Canaan was named by the Associated Press as All-America Honorable Mention on Monday.
Canaan, from Biloxi, Miss., gets the honor from the Associated Press after making All-America Second Team as a junior.
Canaan, who was Co-Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, was also recently named Lou Henson All-America and to the semifinal list for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award.
Among Canaan's many accomplishments, he was the sixth player in MSU history to reach the 2,000-point mark and the 17 in the OVC. He was in the top-10 in scoring in NCAA D-I during the entire season, finishing with 21.8 points per game and the fifth-best all-time MSU season with 676 points. Canaan also leaves MSU having been OVC Freshman of the Year and OVC Tournament MVP in 2010. He earned four straight seasons with OVC honors including a pair of OVC Player of the Year awards.
MSU won three straight OVC regular season titles, made two NCAA Tournament trips and one to the NIT during Canaan's career making him part of the winningest class in MSU history with 106 victories.
Canaan is set to compete Thursday in the State Farm Slam Dunk & 3-Point Contest at the Final Four in Atlanta.
2013 AP All-America Teams
First Team
Trey Burke, Michigan
Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Second Team
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Cody Zeller, Indiana
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Shane Larkin, Miami
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Third Team
DeShaun Thomas, Ohio State
Jeff Withey, Kansas
Russ Smith, Louisville
Erick Green, Virginia Tech
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
Honorable Mention
Kyle Barone, Idaho; Jerrelle Benimon, Towson; Anthony Bennett, UNLV; Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook; Sherwood Brown, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaiah Canaan, Murray State; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia; Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse; Ian Clark, Belmont; Jake Cohen, Davidson; Jack Cooley, Notre Dame; D.J. Cooper, Ohio; Allen Crabbe, California; Aaron Craft, Ohio State; Seth Curry, Duke; Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's; Gorgui Dieng, Louisville; James Ennis, Long Beach State; Chris Flores, NJIT; Jamal Franklin, San Diego State; Ian Hummer, Princeton; Colton Iverson, Colorado State; Joe Jackson, Memphis; Kareem Jamar, Montana; Lamont Jones, Iona; Ray McCallum, Detroit; Rodney McGruder, Kansas State; Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA; Erik Murphy, Florida (1 first-team vote); Mike Muscala, Bucknell; Stan Okoye, VMI; Jamal Olasewere, LIU Brooklyn; Phil Pressey, Missouri; Augustine Rubit, South Alabama; Peyton Siva, Louisville (1); Taylor Smith, Stephen F. Austin; Omar Strong, Texas Southern; Kendall Williams, New Mexico; Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State; Khalif Wyatt, Temple
Canaan, from Biloxi, Miss., gets the honor from the Associated Press after making All-America Second Team as a junior.
Canaan, who was Co-Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, was also recently named Lou Henson All-America and to the semifinal list for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award.
Among Canaan's many accomplishments, he was the sixth player in MSU history to reach the 2,000-point mark and the 17 in the OVC. He was in the top-10 in scoring in NCAA D-I during the entire season, finishing with 21.8 points per game and the fifth-best all-time MSU season with 676 points. Canaan also leaves MSU having been OVC Freshman of the Year and OVC Tournament MVP in 2010. He earned four straight seasons with OVC honors including a pair of OVC Player of the Year awards.
MSU won three straight OVC regular season titles, made two NCAA Tournament trips and one to the NIT during Canaan's career making him part of the winningest class in MSU history with 106 victories.
Canaan is set to compete Thursday in the State Farm Slam Dunk & 3-Point Contest at the Final Four in Atlanta.
2013 AP All-America Teams
First Team
Trey Burke, Michigan
Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga
Second Team
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Cody Zeller, Indiana
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Shane Larkin, Miami
Ben McLemore, Kansas
Third Team
DeShaun Thomas, Ohio State
Jeff Withey, Kansas
Russ Smith, Louisville
Erick Green, Virginia Tech
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
Honorable Mention
Kyle Barone, Idaho; Jerrelle Benimon, Towson; Anthony Bennett, UNLV; Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook; Sherwood Brown, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaiah Canaan, Murray State; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia; Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse; Ian Clark, Belmont; Jake Cohen, Davidson; Jack Cooley, Notre Dame; D.J. Cooper, Ohio; Allen Crabbe, California; Aaron Craft, Ohio State; Seth Curry, Duke; Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's; Gorgui Dieng, Louisville; James Ennis, Long Beach State; Chris Flores, NJIT; Jamal Franklin, San Diego State; Ian Hummer, Princeton; Colton Iverson, Colorado State; Joe Jackson, Memphis; Kareem Jamar, Montana; Lamont Jones, Iona; Ray McCallum, Detroit; Rodney McGruder, Kansas State; Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA; Erik Murphy, Florida (1 first-team vote); Mike Muscala, Bucknell; Stan Okoye, VMI; Jamal Olasewere, LIU Brooklyn; Phil Pressey, Missouri; Augustine Rubit, South Alabama; Peyton Siva, Louisville (1); Taylor Smith, Stephen F. Austin; Omar Strong, Texas Southern; Kendall Williams, New Mexico; Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State; Khalif Wyatt, Temple
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