McClinton Named to Naismith Mid-Season List

Feb. 24, 2009

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Senior guard Jack McClinton of the University of Miami men’s basketball team was named among 30 mid-season candidates for the 2009 Naismith Trophy. The Atlantic Coast Conference leads all conferences with nine players on the list, followed by the Big East with eight.

The top 30 men’s list was voted on by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, comprised of basketball journalists, coaches and administrators from across the country. The Naismith Trophy is among the most prestigious national basketball awards given annually to the men’s basketball player of the year. This year’s award will be presented at the NCAA Men’s Final Four in Detroit.

McClinton – the ACC’s all-time three-point field goal percentage leader (.446) – also leads the ACC this season in three-point field goal percentage (.477) and three-pointers per game (3.2), while ranking among the league’s top five in both scoring (20.1 ppg) and free throw percentage (.860). He is the only ACC player to rank among the nation’s top 30 in four different statistical categories – including third in the country in three-point field goal percentage, and owns three of the conference’s top 10 scoring performances this season – including back-to-back-to-back 30-point games versus Wake Forest, Duke and North Carolina.

Miami’s first First Team All-ACC pick last season, McClinton is one of nine ACC players on the Naismith mid-season list, including 2008 winner Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina), Trevor Booker (Clemson), Gerald Henderson (Duke), James Johnson (Wake Forest), Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Tyrese Rice (Boston College), Kyle Singler (Duke) and Jeff Teague (Wake Forest).

2009 Naismith Men’s Mid-Season Candidates

A.J. Abrams		TexasJeff Adrien		ConnecticutDeJuan Blair		PittsburghTrevor Booker		ClemsonJon Brockman		WashingtonNick Calathes		FloridaDionte Christmas		TempleEarl Clark		LouisvilleSherron Collins		KansasStephen Curry		DavidsonDevan Downey		South CarolinaBlake Griffin		OklahomaTyler Hansbrough		North CarolinaLuke Harangody		Notre DameJames Harden		Arizona StateGerald Henderson		DukeRobbie Hummel		PurdueJames Johnson		Wake ForestTy Lawson			North CarolinaEric Maynor		VCUJack McClinton		MiamiJerel McNeal		MarquetteJodie Meeks		KentuckyPatrick Mills		St. Mary'sTyrese Rice		Boston CollegeKyle Singler		DukeJeff Teague		Wake ForestHasheem Thabeet	         ConnecticutTerrence Williams		LouisvilleSam Young			Pittsburg