Cassius Winston Named Consensus All-American
3/24/2020 11:38:00 AM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. - Michigan State men's basketball senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) was named a Consensus Second Team All-American by the NCAA on Tuesday morning.
Winston earned second team honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Tuesday morning, the fourth such honor he has received this year. He was also tabbed a second team All-American by the Associated Press, The Sporting News and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
This is the second-straight year that Winston has been named a Consensus Second Team All-America by the NCAA. Winston is just the second player in Michigan State history to earn multiple consensus honors, joining Mateen Cleaves, who was a three-time recipient between 1998-2000.
"It's crazy," Winston said. "There's no way I could have done this without my teammates and my coaches. These last four years playing with them have been great. To be one of only two players from Michigan State along with Mateen Cleaves is humbling and I'm thankful for the experience I've had here."
An All-Big Ten Conference First Team pick by the media and the coaches, Winston led Michigan State, and ranked third in the Big Ten, in scoring with 18.6 points per game and was fourth in the league with 5.9 assists. He led the league in 3-point field goal percentage (43.2%), was second in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (85.2%), eighth in field goal percentage (44.8%) and tied for seventh in the league in steals (1.2)
He was one of only seven Division I players averaging at least 18.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game.
Winston finished his Michigan State career ranked sixth all-time with 1,969 points and is the all-time leader in assists at MSU and in the Big Ten Conference with 894.
He is one of only four players in Division I history to score at least 1,900 points and hand out at least 850 assists.
Winston is the sixth Michigan State player to ever earn multiple All-American honors during their careers, joining Johnny Green (1958, 1959), Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1978, 1979), Steve Smith (1990, 1991), Shawn Respert (1994, 1995) and Mateen Cleaves, (1998, 1999, 2000).
The 6-1 guard earned first team All-American honors from NCAA March Madness, was a second team selection by NBCSports.com and The Athletic and was selected to the USBWA All-District V team and to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) First Team in District 7.
Winston earned second team honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Tuesday morning, the fourth such honor he has received this year. He was also tabbed a second team All-American by the Associated Press, The Sporting News and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
This is the second-straight year that Winston has been named a Consensus Second Team All-America by the NCAA. Winston is just the second player in Michigan State history to earn multiple consensus honors, joining Mateen Cleaves, who was a three-time recipient between 1998-2000.
"It's crazy," Winston said. "There's no way I could have done this without my teammates and my coaches. These last four years playing with them have been great. To be one of only two players from Michigan State along with Mateen Cleaves is humbling and I'm thankful for the experience I've had here."
An All-Big Ten Conference First Team pick by the media and the coaches, Winston led Michigan State, and ranked third in the Big Ten, in scoring with 18.6 points per game and was fourth in the league with 5.9 assists. He led the league in 3-point field goal percentage (43.2%), was second in the Big Ten in free throw percentage (85.2%), eighth in field goal percentage (44.8%) and tied for seventh in the league in steals (1.2)
He was one of only seven Division I players averaging at least 18.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game.
Winston finished his Michigan State career ranked sixth all-time with 1,969 points and is the all-time leader in assists at MSU and in the Big Ten Conference with 894.
He is one of only four players in Division I history to score at least 1,900 points and hand out at least 850 assists.
Winston is the sixth Michigan State player to ever earn multiple All-American honors during their careers, joining Johnny Green (1958, 1959), Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1978, 1979), Steve Smith (1990, 1991), Shawn Respert (1994, 1995) and Mateen Cleaves, (1998, 1999, 2000).
The 6-1 guard earned first team All-American honors from NCAA March Madness, was a second team selection by NBCSports.com and The Athletic and was selected to the USBWA All-District V team and to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) First Team in District 7.
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