Basketball Times Honors Fredette

PROVO -- BYU guard Jimmer Fredette has been named to the Basketball Times All-America Second Team, his fifth All-America honor this season.

The 6-2 junior from Glens Falls, N.Y., has also been named to the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America Third Team, Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention, Sporting News All-America Third Team and the Lute Olson All-America Team.

In addition to the All-America honors, Fredette earned first-team All-MWC and All-District recognition from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). He was named the District VIII Player of the Year by the USBWA.

In 2009-10, Fredette led BYU to a program record 30 wins and helped the Cougars advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He led BYU in scoring (22.1 ppg), assists (4.7 apg) and three-point percentage (.440) while shooting .892 from the free throw line and adding 41 steals. He set BYU records with 49 points and nine threes against Arizona and set an MWC Tournament record with 45 points against TCU.

Fredette tied the program’s NCAA Tournament scoring record with 37 points in BYU’s 99-92 double-overtime win over Florida in the first round. For the season he had eight 30-point games and had the fourth-most points (751) and fourth-most assists (159) by a Cougar in a single season.

2010 Basketball Times All-America First Team

John Wall, Fr., Kentucky

Greivis Vasquez, Sr., Maryland

Evan Turner, Jr., Ohio State

Da'Sean Butler, Sr., West Virginia

Wesley Johnson, Jr., Syracuse

2010 Basketball Times All-America Second Team

Jimmer Fredette, Jr., BYU

Scottie Reynolds, Sr., Villanova

James Anderson, Jr., Oklahoma State

Darington Hobson, Jr., New Mexico

DeMarcus Cousins, Fr., Kentucky

2010 Basketball Times All-America Third Team

Jon Scheyer, Sr., Duke

Damion James, Sr., Texas

Gordon Hayward, So., Butler

Robbie Hummel, Jr., Purdue

Cole Aldrich, Jr., Kansas