Markus Howard Named Sporting News First Team All-American

Senior guard Markus Howard of the Marquette University men's basketball team is one of five players named a Sporting News First Team All-American, it was announced on Wednesday morning.

A consensus second team honoree as a junior, Howard is the first Marquette player to earn a first-team selection since Dwyane Wade in 2002-03. Wade, Dean Meminger (1970-71) and Butch Lee (1977-78) are the only consensus first team members in school history. A total of 30 players have garnered All-America accolades for Marquette.

The Chandler, Arizona native currently leads the nation in scoring and is a candidate for national player the year. His record-setting season and career includes the following accomplishments.

Sporting News First Team All-American
Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection (second-straight year)
USBWA All-District V Team
Nation's leading scorer at 27.8 points per game and 72nd player in NCAA history with 2,500 points (currently 21st all-time with 2,761)
Averaged BIG EAST record 28.7 points per game in league play. BIG EAST season-long record was 27.8 ppg. by Troy Bell (Boston College, 2002-03)
Has scored 30-or-more points 15 times in 2019-20, including league single-season record 10 times in BIG EAST play
First in BIG EAST history with 1,587 points in career league games and 1-of-5 players to reach 1,000 pts. in three years
Watch Lists: Bob Cousy Award (final 5), Lute Olson Award (midseason), Citizen Naismith Award (final 10), Oscar Robertson Award (midseason) and Wooden Award (final 10 list for second-straight year), Senior CLASS Award Finalist
Associated Press Preseason All-America Team
BIG EAST Player of the Week five times in 2019-20 and all-time leader in league history with 13 career weekly honors
No. 1 in NCAA among current players with 2,761 points
Ranked in top-five in 10 Marquette career categories,
including first in treys (434) - t7th in NCAA history
Owns 68 career games of 20-or-more points, 32 of 30-or-more, seven of 40-plus and three 50-point games
Only player in last 20 years with multiple 50-point games and owns 3-of-4 in BIG EAST history (Marshon Brooks, Providence vs Notre Dame Feb. 23, 2011).
Fourth player in major conference history with 40 points on consecutive days, joining Johnny Neumann (Ole Miss), Pete Maravich (LSU) and Bob Pettit (LSU)
Third major conference player to record a 50-point game in three consecutive seasons. The other two: Wayman Tisdale (Oklahoma, 1982-85) and Pete Maravich (LSU, 1967-70)

Markus Howard Named Sporting News First Team All-American

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