Williams Earns NABC All-District Honor
March 05, 2009 | Men's Basketball
March 5, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville senior forward Terrence Williams has earned a spot on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 5 first team, the NABC announced on March 5.
Williams is the s the only players in U of L history with career totals of at least 1,400 points, 800 rebounds, 500 assists and 150 steals. He needs one rebound to reach 900 for his career. This season, he is averaging 12.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.1 steals.
Joining Williams on the first team were Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, Marquette's Jerel McNeal, Notre Dame's Luke Harangody and Syracuse's Jonny Flynn.
The second team consisted of DeJuan Blair and Sam Young of Pittsburgh, Dante Cunningham of Villanova, Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia and Jeff Adrien of Connecticut.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, these student-athletes represent the finest basketball players across America. The 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts which were realigned this season, are now eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams to be announced on Saturday, April 4, at Hoop City in the COBO Center at 10 a.m. as part of the 2009 NABC Convention in Detroit.
