Wiggins tapped second-team All-American by NABC

By J-W Staff Reports Mar 26, 2014

Nick Krug

Kansas head coach Bill Self smiles and gives a pat to Andrew Wiggins after pulling him from the game late in the second half on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas University freshman Andrew Wiggins was named to the 2014 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-America Second Team, the NABC announced Tuesday.

Wiggins set the Kansas freshman single-season scoring record with 597 points, surpassing the 589 points by Ben McLemore set in 2012-13.

Wiggins, a forward from Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, guard, had 11 games of 20 or more points during the 2013-14 season, including a KU freshman record 41 at West Virginia in the regular season finale on March 8. Wiggins led Kansas in steals with 41 and tied for the team high in three-pointers made with 43. His 5.9 rebound average was third-best on the team and his 34 blocked shots ranked second for the Jayhawks.

Besides his 597 points, other Kansas freshman season records Wiggins set include: scoring average (17.1 ppg), field goals attempted (422), free throws made (176) and free throws attempted (227).

Wiggins’ selection to the NABC All-America team marks the 34th time a Jayhawk has been named to the NABC All-America Team. KU has had at least one player named to one of the three NABC All-America teams every year since 2007. In 2012-13 McLemore was named second team and Jeff Withey third team All-America by the NABC.

Here’s the complete list of past KU NABC All-Americans:

Kansas NABC All-Americans

Year – Name (team)

1951-Clyde Lovellette (1st)

1952-Clyde Lovellette (1st)

1957-Wilt Chamberlain (1st)

1958-Wilt Chamberlain (1st)

1961-Wayne Hightower (3rd)

1966-Walt Wesley (2nd)

1967-Walt Wesley (1st)

1968-Jo Jo White (2nd)

1969-Jo Jo White (2nd)