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Wolf Pack players earn all-district honors

Page Last Updated: Tuesday March 16, 2010 11:03am PDT

Two Wolf Pack men's basketball team members have earned all-district honors by two national organizations.

Nevada sophomore forward Luke Babbitt was named to the all-district first teams by both the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the United States Basketball Writers Association, while junior guard Armon Johnson has earned NABC first-team all-district honors.

Babbitt and Johnson are two of five players on the National Association of Basketball Coaches' District 6 first team. They join Western Athletic Conference honorees Kyle Gibson of Louisiana Tech, Adrian Oliver of San Jose State and Jahmar Young of New Mexico State on the first team.
Babbitt was also one of 10 selections by the USBWA in District VIII, which includes the states of Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana and Nevada. Utah State's Jared Quayle and Young were the other WAC honorees on the District VIII team.

This year marks the second year in a row that Babbitt and Johnson have earned all-district honors.

A total of 240 players from 24 districts were honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches' member coaches. The all-district honorees are now eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams, which will be announced on April 3, as part of the 2009 National Association of Basketball Coaches Convention and NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis. The United States Basketball Writers Association selected a Player and Coach of the Year as well as a 10-team all-district team from nine regions.

Babbitt leads the Wolf Pack as the 2010 WAC Player of the Year and a first-team All-WAC selection, and checks in at second in the WAC and eighth in the nation in scoring at 22.1 points per game.

Babbitt also paces the WAC with 9.2 rebounds per game and ranks fifth in the nation in free throw shooting at 90.9 percent. The Galena High School grad has already broken the Nevada sophomore single-season scoring record with 706 points and ranks second on Nevada's single-season scoring charts.

Johnson earned second-team All-WAC honors this season and is second on the team and eighth in the conference with 15.8 points per contest. He leads the WAC and ranks 19th in the nation with 5.7 assists per game. He is just the sixth player in Wolf Pack history to turn in 1,000 points and 250 assists in his career. Johnson is tied for fifth on the Nevada career charts with 437 assists in his three years at Nevada.

-The NevadaWolfPack.com provided this report.

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