LaDontae Henton, Kris Dunn Honorable Mention All-Americans

The AP released their All-American teams on Monday. Not a single player from the Big East conference was named to the 3 All-American teams. Kris Dunn and LaDontae Henton were named Honorable Mention All-Americans, along with Villanova’s Ryan Arcidiacono and Darrun Hilliard.

Of the 49 players named as Honorable Mention All-Americans, Dunn was 1 of 8 players that received at least 1 First-Team vote. Dunn and Henton become the 18th and 19th Providence Friars to receive AP All-American honors, per a tweet from Brendan McGair. Its interesting to note that there are a number of familiar names among the 62 non-Providence players on the 3 teams and Honorable Mentions. Providence played against 8 players, including 2 of the 5 members of the First Team. Former Providence commit Joseph Young also was named an Honorable Mention All-American.

While this was Henton’s final chance to appear on this All-American list, Dunn has two remaining years of eligibility and, should he choose to return to Providence next season, he has a very solid chance of being named a preseason All-American next Fall.

Note: The voting, by the same 65-member media panel that selects the weekly Top 25, was done before the NCAA Tournament.

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 (1 first-team vote).

Kris Dunn, Providence (1); Perry Ellis, Kansas (1); Rico Gathers, Baylor; Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern; Anthony Gill, Virginia; Kendall Gray, Delaware State; Ty Greene, S.C.-Upstate; Olivier Hanlan, Boston College (1).

Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (1); 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 (1); 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 (1); Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin; Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Dez Wells, Maryland; Joseph Young, Oregon (1).

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