KANSAS CITY, MO – UNC Greensboro senior forward Kyle Hines earned his third consecutive All-District honor from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) on Tuesday when all nine district teams were announced.
Hines was one of 10 players selected in District III, which includes Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Hines was joined by Davidson’s Stephen Curry, Wayne Ellington of North Carolina, James Gist of Maryland, Cliff Hammonds from Clemson, Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina, Duke’s DeMarcus Nelson, Sean Singletary of Virginia, Kyle Singler from Duke, and Greivis Vasquez of Maryland. Hansbrough was named the District’s Player of the Year.
Hines has career records at UNCG with 2,187 points, 1,047 rebounds and 349 blocks. He is one of 97 players in college basketball history to record 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds and one of just six to also have 300 career blocks joining Alonzo Mourning, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Pervis Ellison and Derrick Coleman. This season, he is averaging 19.2 ppg, second in the Southern Conference behind Curry. He also led the conference in blocks with 95 and in rebounding at 9.1 per contest. His 56 steals also ranked among the conference’s leaders. He became just the fourth player in the Southern Conference’s 62-years of all-conference selections to become a four-time first-team selection and the first in 20 years.
Hines scored in double figures in each of his last 81 games, the longest active streak in the nation. He is in the Top 5 among active players in career points, career rebounds, career blocked shots and career double-doubles (45).
AGATE
USBWA All-District III
VA, NC, SC, MD
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
James Gist, Maryland
Cliff Hammonds, Clemson
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro
DeMarcus Nelson, Duke
Sean Singletary, Virginia
Kyle Singler, Duke
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland
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