March 7, 2005
WACO, Texas - Baylor guard Aaron Bruce has been selected to All-Big 12 and freshman All-America teams announced Monday by various outlets.
Bruce was named to the All-Big 12 third team by the Associated Press and received honorable mention by the conference's coaches. His all-conference honor is Baylor's 16th in the nine-year history of the league. Bruce was also voted to the Big 12 All-Freshman team by a panel of media who cover the league, joining Lawrence Roberts (2002) and John Lucas III (2002) as the only three Baylor players to make the league's all-freshman team.
The native Australian also received his first freshman All-America recognition, being named to the Rivals.com 2005 Freshman All-America second team that was published Monday. Bruce is Baylor's first freshman All-American since Roberts was a second-team selection in 2002.
Bruce is the nation's leading freshman scorer and the second-highest scorer in the Big 12 at 18.4 points per game. He was named the Big 12 Diaper Dandy of the Year by ESPN's Dick Vitale and the Midseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year by the Rocky Mountain News.
Baylor sophomore forward Tim Bush also was honored Monday, being named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team. Bush is the fourth Bear to be selected all-newcomer, joining Harvey Thomas (2004), Terry Black (2000) and Patrick Hunter (1997).
Bush has averaged 12.9 points and 5.4 rebounds in his first season at Baylor after transferring from LSU.
AP 2005 ALL-BIG 12 TEAMS
First Team
Wayne Simien, Kansas
Joey Graham, Oklahoma St.
John Lucas, Oklahoma St.
Ronald Ross, Texas Tech
Antoine Wright, Texas A&M
Second Team
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State
Aaron Miles, Kansas
Jeremiah Massey, Kansas State
Keith Langford, Kansas
Third Team
Aaron Bruce, Baylor
Daniel Gibson, Texas
Linas Kleiza, Missouri
Kevin Bookout, Oklahoma
Brad Buckman, Texas
RIVALS.COM 2005 FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA
First Team
Glen Davis, LSU
Jordan Farmar, UCLA
Daniel Gibson, Texas
Darius Washington, Memphis
Marvin Williams, North Carolina
Second Team
Aaron Bruce, Baylor
Rudy Gay, Connecticut
Jeff Green, Georgetown
Sean Singletary, Virginia
D.J. White, Indiana
2005 BIG 12 SPECIALTY TEAMS
All-Freshman (tie in voting)
Aaron Bruce, Baylor
JamesOn Curry, Oklahoma State
Daniel Gibson, Texas
Joseph Jones, Texas A&M
Joe McCray, Nebraska
Richard Roby, Colorado
Martin Zeno, Texas Tech
All-Newcomer
Tim Bush, Baylor
Terrell Everett, Oklahoma
Taj Gray, Oklahoma
Andy Osborne, Colorado
Fred Peete, Kansas State
