Thu., March 24, 2016
WSU all over the Pac-12 All-Academic teams
The Washington State men's basketball team had two players earn first team All-Academic honors, and placed two more on the second team.
Josh Hawkinson and Junior Longrus made first team for the first time in their careers (both earned second team honors last season). Furthermore, Ny Redding and Valentine Izundu were placed on the second team, giving WSU four of the 10 available spots on the first two teams. However Redding, a sophomore, left the team shortly after the team's first-round Pac-12 tournament exit.
No other school had more than one player make either first or second team All-Academic.
Here is the complete list:
2015-16 PAC-12 ALL-ACADEMIC - MEN’S BASKETBALL
First Team
Name, School, Yr., GPA, Major
Casey Benson, ORE, SO, 3.47, Journalism
Josh Hawkinson, WSU, JR, 3.30, Business
Junior Longrus, WSU, SR, 3.39, Management Operations/Marketing
Dorian Pickens, STAN, SO, 3.37, Undeclared
Brandon Taylor, UTAH, SR, 3.40, Psycology
Second Team
Name, School, Yr., GPA, Major
Stephen Domingo, CAL, JR, 3.15, Undeclared
Malcolm Duvivier, OSU, JR, 3.11, Business Finance
Valentine Izundu, WSU, RS-JR, 3.13, Social Sciences
Ny Redding, WSU, SO, 3.19, Undeclared
Thomas Welsh, UCLA, SO, 3.18, Undeclared
Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Honorable Mention All-Academic
Marcus Callen, JR, STAN; Nikola Jovanovic, JR, USC; Sam Singer, JR, CAL.