TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati senior forward Gary Clark (Clayton, N.C./Clayton High School) has been named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press.
The 2017-18 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, American Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player, The American's Defensive Player of the Year, the league's only unanimous first team all-conference selection and the AAC's Sportsmanship award recipient, Clark completed a standout basketball career at Cincinnati this season. Clark helped the Bearcats tie the school record for wins (31) while claiming AAC regular-season and conference tournament championships and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in his career.
Clark averaged 12.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks in 28.5 minutes in 2017-18 while ranking among the league leaders in nine categories: rebounds (first at 8.7), double-doubles (first with 14), defensive rebounds (first at 5.7), offensive rebounds (second at 3.0), blocks (seventh at 1.2), steals (seventh at 1.4), field goal percentage (seventh at .526), free throw percentage (13th at .741) and points (17th at 12.9). He ended the season ranked third in the nation with 1,132 career rebounds.
Among Clark's notable career accomplishments he finished as one of three players in Cincinnati history with more than 1,400 points and 1,100 rebounds along with National Basketball Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson (2,973 points/1,338 rebounds) and Jack Twyman (1,598 points/1,242 rebounds). He started a school-record 137 games while finishing second at Cincinnati in victories (139) and consecutive games started (137); third in rebounds (1,132); fifth in blocks (180) and 16th in points (1,462). He registered a Mick Cronin coaching era (since 2006-07 season) record 32 double-doubles and completed his career as one of only two players in school history to lead his team in rebounding for four seasons (Yancy Gates from 2009-12).
// 2018 MEN'S AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM LIST
First Team
Jalen Brunson, Villanova
Deandre Ayton, Arizona
Trae Young, Oklahoma
Marvin Bagley III, Duke
Devonte' Graham, Kansas
Second Team
Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Miles Bridges, Michigan State
Jevon Carter, West Virginia
Third Team
Keenan Evans, Texas Tech
Carsen Edwards, Purdue
Mikal Bridges, Villanova
Luke Maye, North Carolina
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order)
Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure; Peyton Aldridge, Davidson; Grayson Allen, Duke; Mo Bamba, Texas; Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont; Joel Berry II, North Carolina; Bogdan Bliznyuk, Eastern Washington; Desonta Bradford, ETSU; Tony Carr, Penn State; Gary Clark, Cincinnati; Xavier Cooks, Winthrop; Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius; Clayton Custer, Loyola of Chicago; Mike Daum, South Dakota State; Angel Delgado, Seton Hall; Kahlil Dukes, Niagara; Tre'Shaun Fletcher, Toledo; Marcus Foster, Creighton; Brandon Goodwin, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaac Haas, Purdue; Aaron Holiday, UCLA; Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas; Jemerrio Jones, New Mexico State; Nick King, Middle Tennessee; Kevin Knox, Kentucky; Fletcher Magee, Wofford; Caleb Martin, Nevada; Kelan Martin, Butler; Yante Maten, Georgia; Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Kendrick Nunn, Oakland; Shamorie Ponds, St. John's; Jerome Robinson, Boston College; Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary's; Colin Sexton, Alabama; Landry Shamet, Wichita State; T.J. Shorts II, UC Davis; D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State; Jonathan Stark, Murray State; Brandon Tabb, Bethune-Cookman; Zach Thomas, Bucknell; Seth Towns, Harvard; Allonzo Trier, Arizona; Grant Williams, Tennessee; Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga; Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra.
The 2017-18 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, American Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player, The American's Defensive Player of the Year, the league's only unanimous first team all-conference selection and the AAC's Sportsmanship award recipient, Clark completed a standout basketball career at Cincinnati this season. Clark helped the Bearcats tie the school record for wins (31) while claiming AAC regular-season and conference tournament championships and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in his career.
Clark averaged 12.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks in 28.5 minutes in 2017-18 while ranking among the league leaders in nine categories: rebounds (first at 8.7), double-doubles (first with 14), defensive rebounds (first at 5.7), offensive rebounds (second at 3.0), blocks (seventh at 1.2), steals (seventh at 1.4), field goal percentage (seventh at .526), free throw percentage (13th at .741) and points (17th at 12.9). He ended the season ranked third in the nation with 1,132 career rebounds.
Among Clark's notable career accomplishments he finished as one of three players in Cincinnati history with more than 1,400 points and 1,100 rebounds along with National Basketball Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson (2,973 points/1,338 rebounds) and Jack Twyman (1,598 points/1,242 rebounds). He started a school-record 137 games while finishing second at Cincinnati in victories (139) and consecutive games started (137); third in rebounds (1,132); fifth in blocks (180) and 16th in points (1,462). He registered a Mick Cronin coaching era (since 2006-07 season) record 32 double-doubles and completed his career as one of only two players in school history to lead his team in rebounding for four seasons (Yancy Gates from 2009-12).
// 2018 MEN'S AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM LIST
First Team
Jalen Brunson, Villanova
Deandre Ayton, Arizona
Trae Young, Oklahoma
Marvin Bagley III, Duke
Devonte' Graham, Kansas
Second Team
Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State
Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Miles Bridges, Michigan State
Jevon Carter, West Virginia
Third Team
Keenan Evans, Texas Tech
Carsen Edwards, Purdue
Mikal Bridges, Villanova
Luke Maye, North Carolina
Kyle Guy, Virginia
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order)
Jaylen Adams, St. Bonaventure; Peyton Aldridge, Davidson; Grayson Allen, Duke; Mo Bamba, Texas; Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont; Joel Berry II, North Carolina; Bogdan Bliznyuk, Eastern Washington; Desonta Bradford, ETSU; Tony Carr, Penn State; Gary Clark, Cincinnati; Xavier Cooks, Winthrop; Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius; Clayton Custer, Loyola of Chicago; Mike Daum, South Dakota State; Angel Delgado, Seton Hall; Kahlil Dukes, Niagara; Tre'Shaun Fletcher, Toledo; Marcus Foster, Creighton; Brandon Goodwin, Florida Gulf Coast; Isaac Haas, Purdue; Aaron Holiday, UCLA; Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas; Jemerrio Jones, New Mexico State; Nick King, Middle Tennessee; Kevin Knox, Kentucky; Fletcher Magee, Wofford; Caleb Martin, Nevada; Kelan Martin, Butler; Yante Maten, Georgia; Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Kendrick Nunn, Oakland; Shamorie Ponds, St. John's; Jerome Robinson, Boston College; Junior Robinson, Mount St. Mary's; Colin Sexton, Alabama; Landry Shamet, Wichita State; T.J. Shorts II, UC Davis; D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State; Jonathan Stark, Murray State; Brandon Tabb, Bethune-Cookman; Zach Thomas, Bucknell; Seth Towns, Harvard; Allonzo Trier, Arizona; Grant Williams, Tennessee; Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga; Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra.