Udoh Earns USBWA All-District Honors
3/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 9, 2010
ST. LOUIS - Baylor men's basketball junior forward and 2010 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Ekpe Udoh was selected to the All-District VII team Tuesday by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
He becomes the fifth USBWA All-District selection under head coach Scott Drew, joining Terrance Thomas (2004), Aaron Bruce (2005) and Curtis Jerrells (2008, 2009).
Udoh, who established Baylor and Big 12 single-season records with 123 blocked shots this season, was named second-team All-Big 12 and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after averaging 13.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.1 blocks in 30 games. Udoh is the first Baylor player in the Big 12 era named newcomer of the year and only the third player in program history to garner top newcomer honors - Terry Teagle (1979) and Jerome Lambert (1994) were both named Southwest Conference Newcomer of the Year.
Nicknamed "The Nightmare", his 4.10 blocks per game average currently ranks first all-time on Baylor's single-season and career lists. The Edmond, Okla., native posted a team-best 13 double-doubles, while establishing career-best single-game and single-season marks in points, rebounding, assists and blocked shots.
In addition to those Big 12 awards, Udoh also collected All-Big 12 first team honors from the Austin American-Statesman and All-Big 12 second team honors from the Associated Press, Big 12 media, Kansas City Star, The Oklahoman and Yahoo! €ˆSports. Big 12 media, Yahoo! €ˆSports, Austin American-Statesman and Kansas City Star also tabbed him as Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, while the Big 12 media and The Oklahoman selected him to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team. Both the Big 12 media and The Oklahoman named him to the Big 12 All-Defense team. Yahoo! €ˆSports also named the junior power forward to its All-American third team.
Udoh was one of four Big 12 players from Texas named to the USBWA All-District VII team. A complete listing of the USBWA District VII awards follows:
USBWA 2009-10 ALL-DISTRICT VII AWARDS
(Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Damion James, Texas
COACH OF THE YEAR: John Brady, Arkansas State
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Rotnei Clarke, Arkansas
Gilberto Clavell, Sam Houston State
Randy Culpepper, UTEP
Damion James, Texas
Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette
Tasmin Mitchell, LSU
Bradon Reed, Arkansas State
Mike Singletary, Texas Tech
Donald Sloan, Texas A&M
Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
