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 Kevin Martin, the nation's leading scorer, was named to the 10-member NABC All-District 5 team along with nine players from the ACC. |
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Feb. 19, 2004
Overland Park, Kan. - Western Carolina All-America candidate Kevin Martin, who leads the nation in scoring 26.4 ppg, was named to the 10-member National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 5 team, along with nine student-athletes from Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) schools.
The team, recognizing the country's best men's collegiate student-athletes, is selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC and the 150 honorees from the 15 districts are now eligible for the NABC Division I All-American Team, to be announced at the conclusion of the 2003-04 season.
A 6-7 junior guard from Zanesville, Ohio, Martin was a second team All-District 5 selection. First team honorees include N.C. State's Julius Hodge, North Carolina's Raymond Felton, Duke's J.J. Redick, Duke's Chris Duhon and Duke's Sheldon Williams. Joining Martin on the second team were North Carolina's Sean May, North Carolina's Rashad McCants, Wake Forest's Chris Paul and Georgia Tech's B.J. Elder.
Martin, who ranked 11th in the NCAA in scoring as a freshman and 10th last season, is on pace to finish as the Southern Conference's leading scorer for a second consecutive season. He will be the first player to accomplish the feat since former Catamount and two-time SoCon Player of the Year Frankie King in the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. Martin is a three-time SoCon Player of the Week selection this season and was the league's Player of the Month for January.
In addition to Martin leading the nation in scoring, his 44-point performance in the 2003-04 season opener at Georgia ranks as the second-highest, single-game point total in the NCAA this season. Also, he scored 42 points in early January in a win versus Elon, which ranks as the sixth-highest, single-game total this season. Martin has scored over 30 points in a game eight times this season, including a 33-point game in a 62-59 victory at Arkansas. The win over the Razorbacks was just the second by a Catamount team over a Southeastern Conference school in 28 chances, as WCU won at Tennessee in 1993. The win also marked the first win by a SoCon team against the SEC since the 1996-97 season, a span of 73 games.
In addition to averaging 26.4 points, Martin ranks second on the team in rebounds (4.9 avg.) and just misses the SoCon's field goal percentage leader's list, shooting 49.3 percent from the floor. Martin has scored 1,773 points in this his third season at Western. His total ranks sixth on the WCU all-time list. Martin only needs five points to move into fifth place on the school's career scoring list (Anquell McCollum's 1,777) and just 21 points to move into fourth (Greg Dennis' 1,793). If he were to pass Dennis, Martin would become the Catamounts' leading scorer since the school joined the NCAA Division I ranks for the 1976-77 season. Western Carolina's all-time top three scorers include Henry Logan (3,290 points from 1965-68), Mel Gibson (2,021 points from 1960-63) and Ronald Rogers (1,960 points from 1950-53).
Western Carolina is currently 12-12 overall and 5-8 in the SoCon. The Cats will travel to the Greensboro area for two games this weekend, playing the teams they are currently tied for third in the SoCon North Division. On Saturday (Feb. 21), Western will play at Elon with tipoff scheduled for 7 pm. On Monday (Feb. 23), the Cats play at UNC Greensboro with tipoff at Fleming Gym scheduled for 7 pm as well.
2004 NABC DIVISION I ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS
District 1
First Team
Ryan Gomes, Providence
Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
Ben Gordon, Connecticut
Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont
Craig Smith, Boston College
Second Team
Dawan Robinson, Rhode Island
Jose Barea, Northeastern
Deng Gai, Fairfield
Chaz Carr, Boston University
Rashaun Freeman, Massachusetts
District 2
First Team
Hakim Warrick, Syracuse
Luis Flores, Manhattan
Gerry McNamara, Syracuse
Marquez Green, St. Bonaventure
Juan Mendez, St. Francis
Second Team
Kenny Adeleke, Hofstra
Dave Holmes, Manhattan
Ka'ron Barnes, Cornell
Tremmell Darden, Niagara
John Quintana, St. Francis
District 3
First Team
Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph's
Delonte West, St. Joseph's
Andre Barrett, Seton Hall
David Hawkins, Temple
Carl Krauser, Pittsburgh
Second Team
Keydren Clark, St. Peter's
Jaron Brown, Pittsburgh
Gary Neal, LaSalle
Julius Page, Pittsburgh
John Jagla, Penn State
District 4
First Team
Mike Skrocki, Richmond
Bryant Matthews, Virginia Tech
Adam Hess, William & Mary
Alex Loughton, Old Dominion
Domonic Jones, Virginia Commonwealth
Second Team
Gerald Riley, Georgetown
T.J. Thompson, George Washington
Tony Dobbins, Richmond
Mark Davis, George Mason
D'or Fischer, West Virginia
District 5
First Team
Julius Hodge, North Carolina State
J.J. Redick, Duke
Raymond Felton, North Carolina
Chris Duhon, Duke
Sheldon Williams, Duke
Second Team
Sean May, North Carolina
Kevin Martin, Western Carolina
Rashad McCants, North Carolina
Chris Paul, Wake Forest
B.J. Elder, Georgia Tech
District 6
First Team
Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State
Anthony Roberson, Florida
Tim Pickett, Florida State
Justin Reed, Mississippi
Darius Rice, Miami
Second Team
Timmy Bowers, Mississippi State
David Lee, Florida
Morris Finley, Alabama-Birmingham
Marco Killingsworth, Auburn
Kennedy Winston, Alabama
District 7
First Team
Matt Freije, Vanderbilt
Francisco Garcia, Louisville
Gerald Fitch, Kentucky
Cuthbert Victor, Murray State
Erik Daniels, Kentucky
Second Team
Scooter McFagdon, Tennessee
Antonio Burks, Memphis
Chuck Hayes, Kentucky
Ricky Minard, Morehead State
Adrian Henning, Austin Peay
District 8
First Team
Andrew Wisniewski, Centenary
Jaime Lloreda, Louisiana State
Amir Abdur-Rahim, Southeastern Louisiana
Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech
Jermaine Wallace, Northwestern State
Second Team
Brandon Bass, Louisiana State
Nate Lofton, Southeastern Louisiana
Johnell Smith, New Orleans
Paul Haynes, Grambling
J.J. Montgomery, Arkansas State
District 9
First Team
Andre Emmett, Texas Tech
Michael Harris, Rice
Brandon Mouton, Texas
Royal Ivey, Texas
Bryan Hopkins, Southern Methodist
Second Team
Brian Evans, Texas A&M-C.C.
Antoine Wright, Texas A&M
Leroy Hurd, Texas-San Antonio
Jason McKrieth, Rice
Antonio Burks, Stephen F. Austin
District 10
First Team
Bracey Wright, Indiana
Romain Sato, Xavier
Chris Thomas, Notre Dame
Jason Maxiell, Cincinnati
Kenny Lowe, Purdue
Second Team
Keith Waleskowski, Dayton
Keith Triplett, Toledo
Ramod Marshall, Dayton
Derrick Tarver, Akron
Tony Bobbitt, Cincinnati
District 11
First Team
Devin Harris, Wisconsin
Kris Humphries, Minnesota
Paul Davis, Michigan State
Travis Diener, Marquette
Dylan Page, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Second Team
Jitim Young, Northwestern
Mike Williams, Western Michigan
Cedric Banks, Illinois-Chicago
Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin
Deron Williams, Illinois
District 12
First Team
Wayne Simien, Kansas
Tony Allen, Oklahoma State
David Harrison, Colorado
Arthur Johnson, Missouri
John Lucas, Oklahoma State
Second Team
Keith Langford, Kansas
Jake Sullivan, Iowa State
Michael Watson, Missouri-Kansas City
Rickey Paulding, Missouri
Caleb Green, Oral Roberts
District 13
First Team
Rafael Araujo, Brigham Young
Danny Granger, New Mexico
Kirk Snyder, Nevada
Nick Jacobson, Utah
Aerick Sanders, San Diego State
Second Team
Michael Kuebler Hawaii
Matt Nelson Colorado State
Andrew Bogut Utah
Jason Erickson Montana State
Tim Keller Air Force
District 14
First Team
Blake Steppe, Gonzaga
Luke Jackson, Oregon
Ronnie Turiaf, Gonzaga
Josh Childress, Stanford
Chris Hernandez, Stanford
Second Team
Justin Davis, Stanford
Matt Lottich, Stanford
Leon Powe, California-Berkeley
Cory Violette, Gonzaga
Marcus Moore, Washington State
District 15
First Team
Ike Diogu, Arizona State
Channing Frye, Arizona
Desmond Farmer, Southern California
Hassan Adams, Arizona
Dijon Thompson, UCLA
Second Team
Odartey Blankson, Nevada-Las Vegas
Pape Sow, Cal State Fullerton
Andre Iguodala, Arizona
Salim Stoudamire, Arizona
Glen McGowan, Pepperdine
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Overland Park, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary University of Kansas basketball coach. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. Associate memberships also are afforded to athletic directors, conference commissioners, faculty members, officials, and high school coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service, and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs, and membership can be found at www.NABC.com.
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