KNOXVILLE -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced the NABC Division I All-District teams for 2010 Tuesday, recognizing the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes.
Tennessee senior forward/center Wayne Chism earned District 21 second-team recognition for his efforts this season in leading the Volunteers to their fifth straight 20-win campaign and school-record-tying fifth consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Jackson, Tenn., native is tied as Tennessee’s top scorer with 12.5 points per game and also leads the club in rebounding (7.1 rpg) and blocks (1.4 bpg).
On track to graduate this semester with a degree in Africana studies and a minor in consumer health (which he has already attained), Chism has played in more games (138) and recorded more wins (101) than any player in program history. And he will tie the school record for NCAA Tournament games played when he suits up for his eighth time in the “Big Dance” Thursday against San Diego State (9:45 p.m. ET, CBS).
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, All-District honorees represent the finest basketball players across America. The 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts, are eligible for the State Farm Division I All-America teams, to be announced on Saturday, April 3, at 11 a.m. ET at Bracket Town™ in the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind., during the NABC Convention and NCAA Final Four.
The NABC’s District 21 includes all 12 schools that make up the Southeastern Conference.
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)