UMKC sophomore guard Martez Harrison was named an Associated Press honorable mention All-American on Monday, becoming the first men’s basketball player in school history to earn the honor.
The accolade means he was named on at least one ballot by a voting AP member on their first, second or third team.
The Kansas City, Mo. product was named WAC Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring (17.5), total steals (60) and total assists (129). He also ranked among the league’s top 10 in free throw shooting (74.8) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.50).
Harrison shot a WAC-high 238 free throws, which ranked eighth in the nation. His 178 makes was also first in the WAC and 15th in the nation. He helped UMKC to a tie for second place in the regular-season standings and the No. 2 seed in the WAC Tournament, both matching the highest ever finish by the school. The ‘Roos also posted a 6-1 record at home in league play, the best ever at UMKC.
2014-15 AP All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
SECOND TEAM
Delon Wright, Utah
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
THIRD TEAM
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga
HONORABLE MENTION
Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State; Justin Anderson, Virginia; Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova; Ron Baker, Wichita State; Jalen Cannon, St. Francis, Brooklyn; Karl Cochran, Wofford; Kyle Collinsworth, BYU; Quinn Cook, Duke; Kris Dunn, Providence; Perry Ellis, Kansas; Rico Gathers, Baylor; Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern; Anthony Gill, Virginia; Kendall Gray, Delaware State; Ty Greene, S.C.-Upstate; Olivier Hanlan, Boston College; Montrezl Harrell, Louisville; Martez Harrison, UMKC; Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington; Corey Hawkins, UC Davis; Tyler Haws, BYU; LaDontae Henton, Providence; Darrun Hilliard, Villanova; R.J. Hunter, Georgia State; Stanley Johnson, Arizona; Tyus Jones, Duke; Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson; Tim Kempton, Lehigh; David Laury, Iona; Damon Lynn, NJIT; Derrick Marks, Boise State; Jerell Martin, LSU; T.J. McConnell, Arizona; Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State; Nic Moore, SMU; Justin Moss, Buffalo; Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern; Cameron Payne, Murray State; Chasson Randle, Stanford; Justin Sears, Yale; Kenneth "Speedy" Smith, Louisiana Tech; Keifer Sykes, Green Bay; Marcus Thornton, William & Mary; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Fred VanVleet, Wichita State; Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin; Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Dez Wells, Maryland; Joseph Young, Oregon.