[Students] 3/25 MBSK: Texas A&M University-Commerce Senior Scooby Johnson Na med 2008 Daktronics Men's Basketball Third Team All-American
Daniel Kambel
Daniel_Kambel at tamu-commerce.edu
Tue Mar 25 11:56:54 CDT 2008
Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball senior Scooby Johnson on
Tuesday was named to the 2008 Daktronics All-American Third Team.
Johnson becomes only the 15th player in men's basketball school history to
earn All-American honors. He becomes the first Lions player to earn
All-American honors since Darrell Waters was selected to the NABC Third Team
in 1997-98.
Of the 15 players named to the Daktronics All-American teams, Johnson is the
lone Lone Star Conference representative.
Named to the first team were Jonte Flowers and John Smith of Winona State,
Steve Dagostino of St. Rose and Jonny Reibel of Rollins. On the second team
were Jeremy Black of Tampa, Callistus Eziukwu of Grand Valley State, Chris
Gilliam of Pitt-Johnstown, Anthony Hilliard of Elizabeth City State and
Devin Peal of Humboldt State. Joining Johnson on the third team were Cory
Abercrombie of Pittsburg State, Chris Commons of USC-Aiken, Jeff Fahnbulleh
of Kentucky Wesleyan and Michael Sturns of Holy Family.
In his lone season, he led A&M-Commerce to the championship game of the Lone
Star Conference Tournament, before dropping a 72-70 decision to NCAA Elite
Eight participant Central Oklahoma. He was named to the All-Tournament Team
after averaging 19.7 points and 7.7 rebounds in the three games. To reach
the championship game, the Lions defeated the No. 1 team in the NCAA South
Central Region and LSC South Division champion, West Texas A&M and defeated
the No. 9 team in the NCAA South Central Region, Abilene Christian. Prior to
the tournament, Johnson was named to the first team all-Lone Star Conference
North Division as well as the Lone Star Conference North Division Newcomer
of the Year.
Johnson led the Lone Star Conference in scoring with 20.7 points per game;
third in field goal percentage, making 59.2% of his shots, fifth in
rebounding with 7.7 rebounds per game and he ranks in the top 15 in steals,
offensive rebounds and in defensive rebounds. Nationally, he ranks as one of
the top players as he is 10th in the nation in scoring, 28th in field goal
percentage, 95th in rebounds per game and 257th in steals per game.
Johnson scored in double figures in 29 of 30 games, including a stretch of
21 consecutive to begin his A&M-Commerce career and was a two-time Lone Star
Conference North Division Player of the Week. Johnson recorded double-digit
points and rebounds in seven games and scored 30 or more points in four
contests.
Other awards that Johnson has earned include being named to the Daktronics
South Central Regional First Team and the regional co-Player of the Year
with Cory Abercrombie of Pittsburg State. He was the sixth player in school
history to earn all-region honors and is the second to be named player of
the year. He also earned National Association of Basketball Coaches Division
II All-South Central Lakes Region First Team honors, as well.
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