Kansas Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas men’s basketball senior Perry Ellis was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-America Second Team, the NABC announced Monday.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, Ellis was among the 15 student-athletes named to the first, second and third NABC All-America teams.
Ellis scored 20 or more points in three of his final four games and seven of his last nine contests. The Wichita product led Kansas in scoring at 16.9 ppg and was second in rebounding at 5.9 rpg. Ellis posted 16 games or 20 or more points this season and averaged 17.7 points and 5.8 rebounds during Big 12 play. His 16.9 points per game rank third in the Big 12 and Ellis also is among the league leaders in field goal percentage (fourth at 53.1), free throw percentage (eighth at 73.5) and rebounds (11th).
Ellis ended his career No. 8 on the Kansas career scoring list with 1,798 points and No. 12 on the KU career rebounding list at 834. His 16 career double-doubles tied for 13th all-time in Kansas history. Ellis is only the fifth player in KU history to rank in the top 12 in both scoring and rebounding, joining Danny Manning (2,951 points/1,187 rebounds), Nick Collison (2,097 / 1,143), Raef LaFrentz (2,066 / 1,186) and Clyde Lovellette (1,979 / 839).
Kansas ended its season with a 33-5 record. The victories marked the ninth time in school history the Jayhawks have won 33 or more games, including five seasons under head coach Bill Self. KU won the Big 12 regular-season title posting a 15-3 league record. Included in Kansas’ successes this season were the Maui Invitational title, its 12th-straight, 16th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 59th overall conference regular-season championship, the Big 12 Postseason Championship title and its 21st NCAA Championship Elite Eight appearance. Additionally, last summer KU represented the United States and won the gold medal at the 2015 World University Games in Korea posting an 8-0 record.
2016 NABC COACHES’ DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia, 6-5, 215, Senior, Guard, Atlanta, Ga.
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma, 6-4, 214, Senior, Guard, Freeport, Bahamas
Brice Johnson, North Carolina, 6-9, 228, Senior, Forward, Orangeburg, SC
Ben Simmons, LSU, 6-10, 240, Freshman, Forward, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State, 6-5, 220, Senior, Guard, Lansing, Mich.
Second Team
Kris Dunn, Providence, 6-4, 220, Junior, Guard, New London, Conn.
PERRY ELLIS, KANSAS, Kansas, 6-8, 225, Senior, Forward, Wichita Heights, Kan.
Georges Niang, Iowa State, 6-8, 230, Senior, Methuen, Mass.
Jakob Poeltl, Utah, 7-0, 248, Sophomore, Forward, Vienna, Austria
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky, 5-9, 160, Sophomore, Guard, Chicago, Ill.
Third Team
Grayson Allen, Duke, 6-5, 205, Sophomore, Guard, Jacksonville, Fla.
Kay Felder, Oakland, 5-9, 176, Junior, Guard, Detroit, Mich.
Kevin Yogi Ferrell, Indiana, 6-0, 180, Senior, Guard, Indianapolis, Ind.
Josh Hart, Villanova, 6-0, 205, Junior, Guard, Silver Spring, Md.
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa, 6-9, 221, Senior, Forward, Cedar Rapids, Iowa