Scheierman Named All-American by NABC

OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton senior Baylor Scheierman has been named a Third Team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

It's the seventh different All-America team this month that Scheierman has been chosen to. He's previously been selected a Second Team All-American by Field of 68 and 247Sports, and was a Third Team choice by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, ESPN.com and College Hoops Today.

Yesterday, Scheierman was one of three Creighton players named to the NABC's All-District 5 Team. The NABC All-America team is voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.

Scheierman is the fifth player in program history to be named an All-American by the NABC, joining Second Team pick Paul Silas (1963-64), Third Team choices Benoit Benjamin (1984-85) and Kyle Korver (2002-03) and three-time First Team All-America selection Doug McDermott (2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14).

Scheierman has starred for Creighton this winter, averaging 18.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. He leads the BIG EAST with 15 double-doubles and is in contention to become the first men's player in the last 20 years to lead a Power 6 Conference in both defensive rebounds (currently 262) and three-pointers made (currently 99, five behind the league leader).

He became the first Division I men's player in NCAA history to surpass 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 three-pointers, and the 11th men's player in NCAA history to score at least 1,000 points at multiple Division I schools. As if that's not enough, Scheierman authored Creighton's first point/rebound/assist triple-double in program history on Feb. 13 vs. Georgetown, his 15 double-doubles are the most by a Bluejay in the last 40 seasons, and his 1,113 career defensive rebounds are the most by any player in the country in the last 25 seasons.

He's been named one of five finalists for the Julius Erving Award given to the nation's best small forward, and was a unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST choice. A two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week this season, and a USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week once, Scheierman has made at least one three-pointer in 68-of-69 games in a Creighton uniform, including a program record 48 in a row to begin his Bluejay career.

Creighton (23-9) returns to the court tomorrow when it opens play in the NCAA Tournament at 12:30 p.m. Central in Pittsburgh, Pa., against Akron (24-10).

NABC Division I All-America First Team
RJ Davis - North Carolina
Zach Edey - Purdue
Dalton Knecht - Tennessee
Tristen Newton - Connecticut
Jamal Shead - Houston

NABC Division I All-America Second Team
Kyle Filipowski - Duke
DaRon Holmes II - Dayton
Tyler Kolek - Marquette
Jaedon LeDee - San Diego State
Caleb Love - Arizona

NABC Division I All-America Third Team
Johni Broome - Auburn
Hunter Dickinson - Kansas
Kevin McCullar Jr. - Kansas
Baylor Scheierman - Creighton
Mark Sears - Alabama

Players Mentioned

Baylor Scheierman

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