Diaz Named Second-Team All-ACC

Diaz Named Second-Team All-ACC

March 7, 2005

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami sophomore guard Guillermo Diaz (San Juan, Puerto Rico) was named second-team All-ACC, junior guard Rob Hite (Cincinnati, Ohio) was named honorable-mention All-ACC, and sophomore forward Anthony King was named to the ACC All-Defensive Team by a vote of the league’s media members on Monday.

Diaz has started all 27 games this season averaging 18.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He leads Miami in scoring and has scored in double-figures in 25 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the ACC, and scored 20 or more points in nine of the Hurricanes’ 16 league games this season.

In league games only, Diaz is averaging 20.7 points and 2.13 steals per game while shooting 45.6 percent from the field and 39 percent from three-point range. He is the only player in the ACC to rank among the top-10 in scoring (2nd), field goal percentage (8th), three-point field goal percentage (10th) and steals (3rd).

Hite is averaging 17.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game this season. He has scored in double-figures in 24 games this season and ranks among the ACC leaders in scoring (3rd), rebounding (21st), steals (12th), three-point field goal percentage (12th) and three-point field goals made (4th).

This season Hite became the 27th player in UM history to record 1,000 career points. He currently ranks 22nd on UM’s career scoring list with 1,123 points.

King has started all 27 games this season at center averaging 6.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game. He ended the regular season ranked No. 2 in the ACC in blocked shots and was fifth in rebounding. Earlier this season King set a UM and ACC record with 13 blocks against Florida Atlantic (11-29-04). He currently ranks second on UM’s single-season blocked shot list with 83 and needs just two blocks to tie Miami’s all-time single-season record.

ALL-ACC

First Team
J.J. Redick, Duke* (121)…………………….. 363
Chris Paul, WF (113)…………………………. 355
Sean May, UNC (111)………………………… 353
Shelden Williams, Duke (111)…………….. 353
Raymond Felton, UNC (82)………………… 311
*unanimous 1st-team

Second Team
Guillermo Diaz, Miami (19)………………. 243
Julius Hodge, NCSU (22)…………………… 227
Eric Williams, WF (7)……………………….. 222
Jarrett Jack, GT (9)……………………………. 200
Justin Gray, WF (2)……………………………. 184

Third Team
Rashad McCants, UNC (7)………………….. 170
Sharrod Ford, Clemson (1)…………………. 131
Nik Caner-Medley, Maryland (0)………… 110
Daniel Ewing, Duke (0)……………………… 102
Jawad Williams, UNC (0)……………………. 83

Honorable Mention (25 or more points)
Zabian Dowdell, VT (0)………………………. 64
John Gilchrist, Maryland (0)…………………. 50
Robert Hite, Miami (0)………………………. 27
Marvin Williams, UNC (0)…………………… 25

ALL-DEFENSIVE
Shelden Williams, Duke*……………………. 121
Chris Paul, WF……………………………………. 76
Anthony King, Miami…………………………. 59
Jackie Manuel, UNC……………………………. 59
Jamon Gordon, VT………………………………. 46
*unanimous

Honorable Mention (25 or more votes)
Raymond Felton, UNC…………………………. 43
Sharrod Ford, Clemson………………………… 30