Collegehoops.net Names Curry Mid-Major Freshman of the Year
3/10/2007 3:17:33 PM | Men's Basketball
Joey Beeler
DAVIDSON, N.C. - A week after earning tournament MVP honors and leading the Davidson Wildcats to their second consecutive Southern Conference Championship, Stephen Curry has been selected Mid-Major Freshman of the Year and voted to the Mid-Major All-American Squad by Collegehoops.net. He was also named second-team all-freshman and to the Mid-Major All-Freshman unit by the world's largest independent college basketball site.
Curry, a native of Charlotte, N.C., leads the SoCon in scoring at 21.2 points per game, which is also the second highest by a first-year player nationally behind Kevin Durant of Texas. The 6-1 shooting guard has 117 three-pointers this season, the most-ever made by a freshman in a single season at the NCAA Division I level. He broke Keydren Clark of St. Peter's mark of 109 in Davidson's semifinal victory over Furman at last week's SoCon Tournament.
Along with ranking among national leaders in three statistical categories (scoring, three-pointers made and threes per game), Curry reached 20 points in 18 of the 32 games in which he scored double figures. The three-time SoCon Player of the Week and November's Player of the Month broke five Davidson school records during his debut campaign, including the single-season scoring record for points by a freshman.
Just the third Wildcat ever to receive SoCon Freshman of the Year honors, Curry has connected on 41.1 percent (117-285) of his attempts from long range, while pacing the league in free throw percentage with a clip of just under 85 percent. To go along with his impressive shooting totals, he averaged 4.6 boards per game from his guard position.
Since postseason honors were released last week, Curry has also received the following: SoCon Freshman of the Year (Coaches and Media), All-SoCon (Coaches and Media), SoCon All-Freshman Team (Coaches), SoCon Tournament MVP, SoCon All-Tournament Team, NABC All-District 5 Second Team, SI.com's All-Mid-Major Honorable Mention and CollegeInsiders.com Freshmen All-America.
With a school record 29 wins and having won 13 straight and 25 of its last 26 contests, Davidson claimed its ninth SoCon Tournament Title with a 72-65 defeat of College of Charleston (March 3), and the fourth under Coach Bob McKillop in his 18 years at the helm. The 29-4 Wildcats will find out their seed and destination for the 2007 NCAA Tournament tomorrow evening.
Collegehoops.net All-Freshman Awards
National Freshman of the Year: Kevin Durant (Texas)
High-Major Freshman of the Year: Jeremy Wise (Southern Miss)
Mid-Major Freshman of the Year: Stephen Curry (Davidson)
First-Team All-Freshman
G: DJ Augustin (Texas)
G: Mike Conley (Ohio State)
F: Kevin Durant (Texas)
F: Brandan Wright (UNC)
C: Greg Oden (Ohio State)
Second-Team All-Freshman
G: Stephen Curry (Davidson)
G: Javaris Crittenton (Georgia Tech)
F: Chase Budinger (Arizona)
F: Ryan Anderson (Cal)
C: Spencer Hawes (Washington)
Third-Team All-Freshman
G: Patrick Beverley (Arkansas)
G: Ty Lawson (UNC)
G: Scottie Reynolds (Villanova)
F: Brandon Costner (NC State)
F: Tyler Smith (Iowa)
Honorable Mention: Sherron Collins (Kansas), Jerome Dyson (UCONN), Wayne Ellington (UNC), Tag Gibson (USC), Eugene Harvey (Seton Hall), Wesley Johnson (Iowa State), Brook Lopez (Stanford), Raymar Morgan (Michigan State), Ishmael Smith (Wake Forest), Ramar Smith (Tennessee), Greivis Vasquez (Maryland)
High-Major All-Freshman
G: Jeremy Wise (Southern Miss)
G: Matt Bouldin (Gonzaga)
G: Vaughn Duggins (Wright State)
F: Matt Janning (Northeastern)
F: Robert Mitchell (Duquesne)
Mid-Major All-Freshman
G: Stephen Curry (Davidson)
G: Jeremy Goode (Mt Saint Mary's)
F: Ryan Wittman (Cornell)
F: Joe Trapani (Vermont)
F: Jonathan Rodriguez (Campbell)
Collegehoops.net High & Mid-Major All-Americans
Collegehoops.net High-Major Player of the Year: Nick Fazekas (Nevada)
Collegehoops.net Mid-Major Player of the Year: Jared Jordan (Marist)
High-Major All-American
G: Loren Stokes (Hofstra)
G: Morris Almond (Rice)
F: Nick Fazekas (Nevada)
C: Stephane Lasme (UMASS)
C: Jason Smith (Colorado State)
Second Team High-Major All-American
G: Derek Raivio (Gonzaga)
G: Jaycee Carroll (Utah State)
F: DaShaun Wood (Wright State)
F: Rashaun Freeman (UMASS)
C: Randal Falker (SIU)
Mid-Major All-American
G: Jared Jordan (Marist)
G: Stephen Curry (Davidson)
G: Rodney Stuckey (EWU)
F: Caleb Green (Oral Roberts)
F: Kyle Hines (UNCG)
Second Team Mid-Major All-American
G: Jamar Wilson (Albany)
G: Reggie Williams (VMI)
G: Trey Johnson (Jackson State)
C: Chris Holm (Vermont)
C: Rashad Jones-Jennings (UALR)
