PROVO -- BYU junior guard Lee Cummard received All-America honorable mention Monday from The Associated Press.
"Lee is an outstanding player who is very deserving of this recognition," BYU coach Dave Rose said. "He was extremely consistent all year and helped lead us to a conference championship and a very successful season. It's a nice honor for him."
A 6-foot-7 native of Mesa, Ariz., Cummard ranked first or second on the team in every statistical category while helping BYU achieve the second-most wins in program history with a 27-8 record. Cummard led the Cougars in scoring (15.8), field-goal percentage (.569), three-point percentage (.472) and blocked shots (1.0) and ranked second on the team in rebounds (6.3), assists (3.5), steals (0.9) and free-throw percentage (.857).
Cummard previously earned all-district recognition from the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the United States Basketball Writers Association and was named the Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Year after leading BYU to its second-consecutive outright MWC regular-season title with a league-record 14-2 resume. He helped BYU earn its second-straight NCAA Tournament invitation and fourth in the last six years while also achieving placement in the Top 25 polls in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1981 and 1982.
Cummard joins Keena Young (2007), Rafael Araujo (2004) and Mekeli Wesley (2001) as the most recent Cougars to receive AP All-America honorable mention recognition. Araujo also received Basketball Times All-America Second Team honors in 2004, and current BYU junior forward/center Trent Plaisted was a Scout.com Freshman All-America Second Team member in 2006.
2007-08 AP All-America Basketball Teams
FIRST TEAM
Michael Beasley, Kansas State, 6-10, 235, freshman, 26.5 ppg, 12.4 rpg
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina, 6-9, 250, junior, 23.0 ppg, 10.4 rpg
D.J. Augustin, Texas, 6-0, 180, sophomore, 19.8 ppg, 5.7 apg
Kevin Love, UCLA, 6-10, 260, freshman, 17.1 ppg, 10.6 rpg,
Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis, 6-7, 200, junior, 17.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg
SECOND TEAM
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame, 6-8, 251, sophomore, 20.8 ppg, 10.2 rpg
Shan Foster, Vanderbilt, 6-6, 205, senior, 20.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg
D.J. White, Indiana, 6-9, 251, senior, 17.3 ppg, 10.4 rpg
Stephen Curry, Davidson, 6-2, 185, sophomore, 25.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Roy Hibbert, Georgetown, 7-2, 278, senior, 13.6 ppg, 6.5 rpg
THIRD TEAM
Derrick Rose, Memphis, 6-3, 190, freshman, 13.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Chris Lofton, Tennessee, 6-2, 200, senior, 16.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Darren Collison, UCLA, 6-1, 165, junior, 15.2 ppg, 3.9 apg
Brook Lopez, Stanford, 7-0, 260, sophomore, 19.2 ppg, 8.5 rpg
Eric Gordon, Indiana, 6-4, 215, freshman, Indianapolis, 21.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg
HONORABLE MENTION
Joe Alexander, West Virginia; Josh Alexander, Stephen F. Austin; Ryan Anderson, California;
Darrell Arthur, Kansas; Jerryd Bayless, Arizona; Marqus Blakely, Vermont; Jon Brockman, Washington;
Chase Budinger, Arizona; Jaycee Carroll, Utah State; Mario Chalmers, Kansas.
Lee Cummard, BYU; Scott Cutley, Cal State-Fullerton; Louis Dale, Cornell;
Jeremiah Dominguez, Portland State; Wayne Ellington, North Carolina; Adam Emmenecker, Drake;
Al Fisher, Kent State; Gary Forbes, Massachusetts; J.R. Giddens, New Mexico; Jamont Gordon,
Mississippi State.
Mike Green, Butler; James Harden, Arizona State; Alex Harris, UC Santa Barbara;
Andrew Hayles, Alabama State; Richard Hendrix, Alabama; George Hill, IUPUI;
Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin; Ty Lawson, North Carolina; Courtney Lee, Western Kentucky;
Tony Lee, Robert Morris.
Eric Maynor, Virginia Commonwealth; O.J. Mayo, Southern California; Drew Neitzel, Michigan State;
DeMarcus Nelson, Duke; David Padgett, Louisville; Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga; A.J. Price, Connecticut;
Arizona Reid, High Point; Tyrese Rice, Boston College; Brandon Rush, Kansas.
Thomas Sanders, Gardner-Webb; Sean Singletary, Virginia; Jamar Smith, Morgan State;
Tyler Smith, Tennessee; Greg Sprink, Navy; Jason Thompson, Rider; Sam Young, Pittsburgh.
NOTE: Statistics through March 16