INDIANAPOLIS – Following his ACC honors on Monday, Virginia Tech men's basketball's Landers Nolley II was named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District (III) Team on Tuesday.
Nolley earns the award for the first time of his career and becomes the second straight Hokie to earn the nod after Kerry Blackshear Jr. was named to the team last season.
Nolley, who is averaging 15.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, is the lone player in the ACC with at least that stat line on those three respective categories and is just one of five high-major conference players. He earned All-ACC Honorable Mention and ACC All-Freshman Team yesterday.
The Atlanta native was a school-record five-time ACC Freshman of the Week award winner and is one of just seven ACC players this season to boast nine or more 20-point games. He also broke Tech's debut scoring record with a career-high 30 points at Clemson on Nov. 5, which sits fourth all-time on the ACC's freshman debut scoring list.
Ranking eighth in scoring in the ACC and 11th nationally among freshmen, Nolley's seven 3-pointers versus Lehigh were tied for the most by an ACC player in a game this year. With a big showing in Hawai'i back in November, Nolley made the Maui Jim Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team, too.
For each of the nine geographic districts, 10 players are selected (11 in the case of ties in the voting) as well as a player and coach of the year.
The USBWA will release its 2019-20 Men's All-America team on March 16, along with the finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy (National Player of the Year), Wayman Tisdale Award (National Freshman Player of the Year) and the Henry Iba Award (National Coach of the Year).
Nolley and the 11th-seeded Hokies (16-15, 7-13 ACC) will take on 14th-seeded North Carolina (13-18, 6-14) later tonight at 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network. The winner will play sixth-seeded Syracuse (17-14, 10-10) at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
DISTRICT III (VA, NC, SC, MD)
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
COACH OF THE YEAR
Tony Bennett, Virginia
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM (10)
Cole Anthony, North Carolina
Garrison Brooks, North Carolina
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
Anthony Cowan Jr., Maryland
Mamadi Diakite, Virginia
Markell Johnson, N.C. State
Tre Jones, Duke
Landers Nolley II, Virginia Tech
Jalen Smith, Maryland
