March 29, 2010

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina senior guard Devan Downey has been named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press, the organization announced on Monday. Downey was also named Honorable Mention following the 2008-09 season.

Downey concludes his career in the Garnet and Black with 1,901 points, including 699 during the 2009-10 campaign. He became South Carolina’s first-ever SEC scoring champion this season, posting an impressive 26.2 points per game in league play. Downey scored 20 or more points 19 times this season, and tallied 30 or more six times, including in five SEC contests. Downey concludes his career in the Garnet and Black No. 4 on the all-time scoring list (1,901), first in field goals attempted (1,634), in steals (277) and steals per game (3.0).

Following the 2009-10 season, Downey also earned Sporting News Fourth Team All-America, Yahoo! Sports Honorable Mention All-America, Rivals.com Honorable Mention All-America honors, was named an Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist, named to the USBWA All-District III Team, the NABC All-District 21 First Team, and he was named a Sporting News First Team All-SEC and a Rivals.com First Team All-SEC honoree. He was also a unanimous choice to the media and coaches First-Team All-SEC squad.

The 2010 AP All-American teams are listed below:

First Team
Evan Turner, Ohio State
John Wall, Kentucky
Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
Scottie Reynolds, Villanova
DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky

Second Team
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Sherron Collins, Kansas
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
Jon Scheyer, Duke
Da’Sean Butler, West Virginia

Third Team
Greg Monroe, Georgetown
Cole Aldrich, Kansas
Damion James, Texas
Luke Harangody, Notre Dame
Darington Hobson, New Mexico

Honorable Mention
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest; Kevin Anderson, Richmond; Luke Babbitt, Nevada; Keith Benson, Oakland; Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga; Randy Culpepper, UTEP; Noah Dahlman, Wofford; Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Muhammad El-Amin, Stony Brook; Kenneth Faried, Morehead State; Alex Franklin, Siena; Jimmer Fredette, BYU; Marquez Haynes, Texas-Arlington; Gordon Hayward, Butler; Lazar Hayward, Marquette; Adnan Hodzic, Lipscomb; Reggie Holmes, Morgan State; Robbie Hummel, Purdue; Charles Jenkins, Hofstra; Garrison Johnson, Jackson State; Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara; Tyren Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette; Dominique Jones, South Florida; Adam Koch, Northern Iowa; David Kool, Western Michigan; Damian Lillard, Weber State; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; C.J. McCollum, Lehigh; E’Twaun Moore, Purdue; Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford; Patrick Patterson, Kentucky; Quincy Pondexter, Washington; Jacob Pullen, Kansas State; Jerome Randle, California; Andy Rautins, Syracuse; Justin Rutty, Quinnipiac; Omar Samhan, Saint Mary’s; Kyle Singler, Duke; Ekpe Udoh, Baylor; Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State; Hassan Whiteside, Marshall; Ryan Wittman, Cornell.