Mark Sears Named to the Associated Press All-America 2nd Team

Mark Sears Named to the Associated Press All-America 2nd Team

3/19/2024 1:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball

The senior from Muscle Shoals, Ala. is one of 15 Division I players to earn AP All-America honors

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama men's basketball guard Mark Sears has been named to the 2024 Associated Press All-America 2^ndTeam, the organization announced on Tuesday. This is the second straight year Alabama has had a player earn AP All-America honors (Brandon Miller, 2023) and the third UA player to be named to an All-America team under head coach Nate Oats (Herbert Jones, 2021).

Mark Sears Notes

Sears is one of three SEC players to be named to an AP All-America team, tied for the most (Big East) by any conference in the country
Named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, which annually recognizes the top point guard in Division I
A 2024 First Team All-SEC selection
Selected to the Wooden Award ballot
Ranks No. 1in the SEC in scoring (21.1 ppg), No. 6 in field goal percentage (50.4) and No. 6 in assists (4.1 apg)
Sears has scored 20-or-more points in 22 games this season, the most by an Alabama player since Reggie King's school record 23 games in 1978-79
Sears is one of two players in Division I and the only Power 5 player this year that has 675 points, 130 assists, 125 rebounds and 75 three-pointers

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