Honorable mention All-America - Juan Mendez |
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – Niagara University senior Juan Mendez (Montreal) picked up his biggest postseason award of the season when he was named an Associated Press All-America Basketball Team Tuesday.
Mendez joins consensus All-American Calvin Murphy (1968-70) as the only two Purple Eagles to be named to an AP Basketball team.
The 6-foot-8 forward finished the season averaging 23.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.1 percent from the field, 30.5 percent from three-point range and 81.5 percent from the free-throw line.
2005 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America Team
Eddie Basden, Charlotte; Brandon Bass, LSU; Turner Battle,
Buffalo; Tim Begley, Pennsylvania; Mike Bell, Florida
Atlantic.
Josh Boone, Connecticut; Seamus Boxley, Portland State;
Darren Brooks, Southern Illinois; Pat Carroll, Saint Joseph’s;
Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont.
Travis Diener, Marquette; David Doubley, Pacific; Jared
Dudley, Boston College; Nick Fazekas, Nevada; Channing Frye,
Arizona.
Francisco Garcia, Louisville; Ryan Gomes, Providence; Danny
Granger, New Mexico; Caleb Green, Oral Roberts; Blake
Hamilton, Monmouth.
Kevin Hamilton, Holy Cross; Chuck Hayes, Kentucky; Chakowby
Hicks, Norfolk State; Julius Hodge, North Carolina State;
Jarrett Jack, Georgia Tech.
Willie Jenkins, Tennessee Tech; Alex Loughton, Old
Dominion; John Lucas III, Oklahoma State; Ed McCants,
Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Rashad McCants, North Carolina.
Juan Mendez, Niagara; Adam Morrison, Gonzaga; Yemi
Nicholson, Denver; Pele Paelay, Coastal Carolina; Anthony
Roberson, Florida. Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State; Craig Smith, Boston
College; Steven Smith, La Salle; Joe Thompson, Sam Houston
State; Obie Trotter, Alabama A&M.
Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga; Eric Williams, Wake Forest; Kennedy
Winston, Alabama; Brendan Winters, Davidson.
