RJ Davis earns consensus First Team All-American honors from NABC and the USBWA
Another day and more recognition for North Carolina Tar Heels’ point guard RJ Davis.
On Wednesday, Davis was the 19th Tar Heel to earn consensus First Team All-American honors from the NABC and the USBWA. The 19 players in program history have now been honored with consensus first team 28 times.
It’s been a huge year for the guard, helping lead the Tar Heels to an Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title while being named the Player of the Year in the conference. Davis averaged 21.4 points and 3.5 assists per game in a career year for the Tar Heels
NABC & USBWA First-Team All-America 🇺🇸 @ariidavis_
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Per GoHeels.com, Davis joins Lennie Rosenbluth in 1957, Phil Ford in 1978, Michael Jordan in 1983 and 1984, Kenny Smith in 1987, Jerry Stackhouse in 1995, Antawn Jamison in 1998, Joseph Forte in 2001, and Tyler Hansbrough in 2008 and 2009 as the only Tar Heels to make first-team All-America on each of the teams the NCAA recognizes to determine consensus first-team All-America.
The guard has earned the criteria to have his jersey hung in the Dean Dome rafters after his career ends.
Davis’ teammate, Armando Bacot, earned third-team All-America by the USBWA.
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