The Consensus 1988 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams.NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137 To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
1988 Consensus All-America team
+ Consensus First Team Player Position Class Team Sean Elliott F Junior Arizona Gary Grant G Senior Michigan Hersey Hawkins G Senior Bradley Danny Manning F Senior Kansas J.R. Reid F/C Sophomore North Carolina
+ Consensus Second Team Player Position Class Team Danny Ferry F Junior Duke Jerome Lane F Junior Pittsburgh Mark Macon G Freshman Temple Mitch Richmond G Senior Kansas State Rony Seikaly C Senior Syracuse Michael Smith F/C Junior Brigham Young
Individual All-America teams
All-America Team First team Second team Third teamPlayer SchoolPlayer SchoolPlayer School Associated Press Sean Elliott Arizona Danny Ferry Duke Will Perdue Vanderbilt Gary Grant Michigan Jerome Lane Pittsburgh Michael Smith Brigham Young Hersey Hawkins Bradley Mark Macon Temple Fennis Dembo Wyoming Danny Manning Kansas Jeff Grayer Iowa State Sherman Douglas Syracuse J. R. Reid North Carolina Steve Kerr Arizona Byron Larkin Xavier USBWA Sean Elliott Arizona Danny Ferry Duke No third team Gary Grant Michigan Jerome Lane Pittsburgh Hersey Hawkins Bradley Michael Smith Brigham Young Danny Manning Kansas Mitch Richmond Kansas State J. R. Reid North Carolina Rony Seikaly Syracuse NABCAll-America - Division I (1980's) Sean Elliott Arizona Danny Ferry Duke Will Perdue Vanderbilt Gary Grant Michigan David Rivers Notre Dame Rex Chapman Kentucky Hersey Hawkins Bradley Mark Macon Temple Harvey Grant Oklahoma Danny Manning Kansas Rony Seikaly Syracuse Todd Mitchell Purdue J. R. Reid North Carolina Charles Smith Pittsburgh Steve Kerr Arizona UPI2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans p.208 Sean Elliott Arizona J. R. Reid North Carolina Harvey Grant Oklahoma Danny Ferry Duke Sherman Douglas Syracuse Jeff Grayer Iowa State Gary Grant Michigan Michael Smith Brigham Young Rony Seikaly Syracuse Hersey Hawkins Bradley Mitch Richmond Kansas State Lionel Simmons La Salle Danny Manning Kansas Byron Larkin Xavier Rod Strickland DePaul AP Honorable Mention:
Dana Barros, Boston College Ricky Berry, San Jose State Rex Chapman, Kentucky Derrick Chievous, Missouri Derrick Coleman, Syracuse Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount Harvey Grant, Oklahoma Skip Henderson, Marshall Troy Lewis, Purdue Dan Majerle, Central Michigan Vernon Maxwell, Florida Darryl Middleton, Baylor Todd Mitchell, Purdue Dyron Nix, Tennessee Daren Queenan, Lehigh Mitch Richmond, Kansas State David Rivers, Notre Dame Lionel Simmons, La Salle Charles Smith, Pittsburgh Rik Smits, Marist
Academic All-Americans On February 28, 1988, GTE and CoSIDA announced the 1988 Academic All-America team, with Michael Smith headlining the University Division as the first men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 1987–88 GTE Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:
+ First Team Player School Class GPA and major Alec Kessler Georgia Sophomore 3.84 Genetics Tim Legler La Salle Senior 3.40 Finance/Management Information Shon Morris Northwestern Senior 3.51 Human Development and Social Policy Organizational Studies Derek Rucker Davidson Senior 3.30 Economics Michael Smith Brigham Young Junior 3.67 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Dental + Second Team Player School Class GPA and major Keith Balderston Oregon Senior 3.63 Pre-Medicine Paul Crawford Texas A&M Senior 3.88 Mechanical Engineering Jeff Harris Illinois State Senior 3.70 Chemistry Bo Heiden Bucknell Junior 3.70 Electrical Engineering Ray Willis Montana State Senior 3.45 Speech Communications + Third Team Player School Class GPA and major Mike Butts Bucknell Junior 3.30 Mechanical Engineering Scott Haffner Evansville Junior 3.34 Business Administration Steve Martenet Bowling Green Senior 3.78 Business/Pre-Law Peter Runge Manhattan Sophomore 3.80 Business Dean Smith Maine Sophomore 3.92 Electrical Engineering
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