Doug McDermott has been named to the 1st Team All-American list by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Doug becomes the first player in Creighton history to be given First Team honors in the history of the USBWA list, which has been awarded annually since 1957. Creighton has had just one other USBWA All-American in program history; Kyle Korver was second team All-American in 2003.
The last first-team All-American from an MVC school was in 1988, when Bradley’s Hersey Hawkins was honored.
McDermott joins some heavy hitters in college basketball as Anthony Davis (Kentucky), Draymond Green (Michigan State), Thomas Robinson (Kansas) and Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) were also named to the First Team list.
It’s been a historic year for McDermott. He ranks third nationally with his 23.2 scoring average and seventh with his 61% shooting from the floor. He also ranks second in the MVC with 8.2 rebounds per game and 49.5 percent marksmanship from three-point range. McDermott owns a Creighton-record 765 points this season, and has scored more points in his first two seasons than any player in school history.
The USBWA All-American list is one of four major All-American awards in men’s college hoops, along with the Associated Press, The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Doug was named second team All-American by the Sporting News earlier this month; the other two lists will be released following the NCAA Tournament, and “Consensus All-Americans” will be compiled based on a complicated formula explained here.
Here’s a complete list of Creighton’s All-Americans from the four major lists (United Press International was replaced by The Sporting News in 1997 for calculating Consensus All-Americans):
Rick Apke
AP Honorable Mention, 1976
AP Honorable Mention, 1977
AP Honorable Mention, 1978
Ed Beisser
Sporting News Third Team, 1943
Benoit Benjamin
AP Honorable Mention, 1984
AP Honorable Mention, 1985
UPI Honorable Mention, 1985
NABC Third Team, 1985
Rodney Buford
AP Honorable Mention, 1999
Kyle Korver
AP Honorable Mention, 2002
AP Second Team, 2003
USBWA Second Team, 2003
NABC Third Team, 2003
Ralph Langer
Sporting News Honorable Mention, 1943
Vernon Moore
AP Honorable Mention, 1985
Bob Portman
AP Honorable Mention, 1968
Sporting News Honorable Mention, 1968
UPI Honorable Mention, 1968
Paul Silas
AP Honorable Mention, 1962
UPI Honorable Mention, 1962
AP Honorable Mention, 1963
UPI Honorable Mention, 1963
NABC Second Team, 1964
AP Third Team, 1964
UPI Third Team, 1964
Sporting News Honorable Mention, 1964
Booker Woodfox
AP Honorable Mention, 2009