Saah Nimley named Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American
3/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern's Saah Nimley has been named a 2014-15 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, it was announced Monday. Nimley is one of 48 players in the entire country to receive Honorable Mention All-America honors from the same AP panel that votes in the Top-25 poll throughout the season.
Nimley was named Big South Player of the Year after leading CSU to the winningest regular season in program history and a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. The 5-8 senior guard from Lawrenceville, Ga. currently ranks 5th nationally in both scoring average and made three-pointers per game.
No other Big South players received the honor from the AP. Nimley ranked among the Big South's top-ten in seven different statistical categories. He led the league in scoring and threes per game, and averaged 25.6 PPG during conference play.
Nimley tallied 30 or more points seven times, and is the only player in the country this year to post back-to-back-to-back-to-back 30-point efforts. He wrapped up his career as CSU's all-time assists leader. Nimley is the first player in Big South history with over 1,800 points and 500 assists in a career.
2014-15 AP All-America Teams
First Team
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
Second Team
Delon Wright, Utah
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
Sean Tuttle, Northern Iowa
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Third Team
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga
HONORABLE MENTION
Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State; Justin Anderson, Virginia; Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova; Ron Baker, Wichita State; Jalen Cannon, St. Francis, Brooklyn; Karl Cochran, Wofford; Kyle Collinsworth, BYU; Quinn Cook, Duke; Kris Dunn, Providence (1); Perry Ellis, Kansas (1); Rico Gathers, Baylor; Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern; Anthony Gill, Virginia; Kendall Gray, Delaware State; Ty Greene, S.C.-Upstate; Olivier Hanlan, Boston College (1); Montrezl Harrell,Louisville (1); Martez Harrison, UMKC; Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington; Corey Hawkins, UC Davis; Tyler Haws, BYU; LaDontae Henton, Providence; Darrun Hilliard, Villanova; R.J. Hunter, Georgia State; Stanley Johnson, Arizona (1); Tyus Jones, Duke; Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson; Tim Kempton, Lehigh; David Laury, Iona; Damon Lynn, NJIT; Derrick Marks, Boise State; Jerell Martin, LSU; T.J. McConnell, Arizona; Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State; Nic Moore, SMU; JustinMoss, Buffalo; Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern; Cameron Payne, Murray State; Chasson Randle, Stanford; Justin Sears, Yale; Kenneth "Speedy" Smith, Louisiana Tech; Keifer Sykes, Green Bay; Marcus Thornton, William & Mary; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Fred VanVleet, Wichita State (1); Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin; Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Dez Wells, Maryland; Joseph Young, Oregon (1).
(first team votes in parentheses)
