HPU’s John Brown named AP All-America honorable mention

HIGH POINT, N.C. – For the second time in three seasons, High Point University men’s basketball redshirt-senior forward John Brown has been named honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press.

Brown joins Arizona Reid as the only other HPU student-athlete to earn multiple AP All-America honors in a career.

One of the most well-rounded players in the nation, Brown ranked second in the country in player efficiency rating in 2015-16, one of the most beneficial statistics to measure a player’s value to his team. In addition, he was third in the country in offensive efficiency and ranked in the top-40 in field goals made (13th), field goal percentage (21st) and scoring (36th) during the regular season.

He led HPU to 21 wins, a fourth-straight Big South regular season title and fourth-straight post-season appearance in 2015-16.

With his selection this season, Brown also became one of just nine players nationally to earn first team all-district honors in three-straight seasons. That list included Buddy Hield (Oklahoma), Fred VanVleet (Wichita State), Ron Baker (Wichita State), Yogi Ferrell (Indiana), Nic Moore (SMU), Jameel Warney (Stony Brook), Justin Sears (Yale) and Shawn Long (Louisiana-Lafayette).

Brown is the only player in HPU history to become a three-time first team all-district selection and a four-time all-district pick (he was a second team selection as a freshman in 2012-13).

He was named Big South Player of the Year for the second time in three seasons and became the first player ever to be named Big South Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same campaign.

Brown ranked in the top-6 of the Big South in field goal percentage (1st), offensive rebounds (2nd), scoring (3rd), blocks (4th), steals (5th) and rebounding (6th). On the defensive end of the floor, Brown led the conference in combined blocks/steals (97) by 18 over the next closest player and was the only player in the Big South to rank in the top-100 nationally in block percentage and steal percentage.

A preseason candidate for the Julius Erving Award and a mid-season finalist for the Lou Henson Award, Brown posted 10 points in 27-of-28 games and 20+ 12 games. A two-time Big South Player of the Week selection, Brown led the nation in Ken Pomeroy MVPs, a stat given to the top player in each college basketball game all season long.

The redshirt-senior ends his career as the only player in Big South history to post at least 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 150 blocks, 150 steals and 150 assists. He is second all-time in Big South history in scoring (2,229 career points) and first on HPU’s Div. I career scoring list.

Brown also is first all-time at HPU in games started (116), offensive rebounds (381), steals (181) and is second in field goals made (858).

First Team
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Brice Johnson, North Carolina
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia

Second Team
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Ben Simmons, LSU
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Kris Dunn, Providence
Georges Niang, Iowa State

Third Team
Grayson Allen, Duke
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
Kay Felder, Oakland
Jamal Murray, Kentucky

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)
Ryan Anderson, Arizona
Anthony “Cat” Barber, N.C. State
DeAndre’ Bembry, Saint Joseph’s
Ben Bentil, Providence
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Joel Bolomboy, Weber State
Evan Bradds, Belmont
Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Cane Broome, Sacred Heart
John Brown, High Point
Antonio Campbell, Ohio
Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Stephen Croone, Furman
James Daniel III, Howard
Juan’ya Green, Hofstra
Derrick Griffin, Texas Southern
Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech
A.J. Hammons, Purdue
Marvelle Harris, Fresno State
Josh Hart, Villanova
Danuel House, Texas A&M
Brandon Ingram, Duke
Stefan Jankovic, Hawaii
Tim Kempton, Lehigh
Max Landis, IPFW
Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette
Dallas Moore, North Florida
Nic Moore, SMU
Gary Payton II, Oregon State
Alec Peters, Valparaiso
Justin Robinson, Monmouth (N.J.)
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga
Justin Sears, Yale
Pascal Siakam, New Mexico State
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin
Jameel Warney, Stony Brook
Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga.