Chalk Up Two More All-America Honors for Ellis

Perry Ellis

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball senior Perry Ellis has been garnering All-America honors for the past few weeks and has gathered two more in being named Consensus All-America Second Team by the NCAA and CBSSorts.com All-America Second Team.

The NCAA’s Consensus All-America takes the average of teams named by the following national organizations: Associated Press (AP), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and The Sporting News. Ellis was second team on AP and NABC and third team by The Sporting News. CBSSports.com national college basketball reporters and researchers selected its postseason awards.

A two-time All-Big 12 First Team selection, Ellis scored 20 or more points in three of his final four games and seven of his last nine contests. The Wichita forward led Kansas in scoring at 16.9 ppg and was second in rebounding at 5.9 rpg. Ellis posted 16 games or 20 or more points this season and averaged 17.7 points and 5.8 rebounds during Big 12 play. His 16.9 points per game rank third in the Big 12 and Ellis also is among the league leaders in field goal percentage (fourth at 53.1), free throw percentage (eighth at 73.5) and rebounds (11th).

Ellis ended his career No. 8 on the Kansas career scoring list with 1,798 points and No. 12 on the KU career rebounding list at 834. His 16 career double-doubles tied for 13th all-time in Kansas history. Ellis is only the fifth player in KU history to rank in the top 12 in both scoring and rebounding, joining Danny Manning (2,951 points/1,187 rebounds), Nick Collison (2,097 / 1,143), Raef LaFrentz (2,066 / 1,186) and Clyde Lovellette (1,979 / 839).

Kansas ended its season with a 33-5 record. The victories marked the ninth time in school history the Jayhawks have won 33 or more games, including five seasons under head coach Bill Self. KU won the Big 12 regular-season title posting a 15-3 league record. Included in Kansas’ successes this season were the Maui Invitational title, its 12th-straight, 16th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 59th overall conference regular-season championship, the Big 12 Postseason Championship title and its 21st NCAA Championship Elite Eight appearance. Additionally, last summer KU represented the United States and won the gold medal at the 2015 World University Games in Korea posting an 8-0 record.

2016 Consensus All-America Selections
First Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Ben Simmons, LSU
Brice Johnson, North Carolina
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky

Second Team
Kris Dunn, Providence
PERRY ELLIS, KANSAS
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa

Others Receiving Votes
Grayson Allen, Duke
Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Kay Felder, Oakland
Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell, Indiana
Josh Hart, Villanova
Jamal Murray, Kentucky

2016 CBSSports.com All-America
First Team
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Brice Johnson, North Carolina

Second Team
Kris Dunn, Providence
Grayson Allen, Duke
Georges Niang, Iowa State
PERRY ELLIS, KANSAS
Jakob Poeltl, Utah

Perry Ellis 2015-16 Accolades
All-America – (Consensus All-America Second Team, CBSSports.com All-America Second Team, Associated Press All-America Second Team, Wooden All-America, NABC Second Team, USA Today All-America Second Team, Sports Illustrated Second Team, Sporting News Third Team, ESPN.com Third Team)
Wooden Award Final Ballot
Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Top 5
All-Big 12 First Team
Big 12 Player of the Week (3/5)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Senior CLASS Award Finalist (Top 10)
Naismith Trophy Midseason 35
Wooden Award Late Season Top 20
Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Finalist (1 of 10)
Senior CLASS Award Candidate (Top 30)
Wooden Award Midseason Top 25
Lute Olson Award Mid-Season Watch (1 of 35)
Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List (1 of 33)
Naismith Trophy Watch List (1 of 50)
Maui Jim Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team

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