Miami Honors Men's Basketball Team
May 18, 2002
The University of Miami men’s basketball team held its annual awardsbanquet Thursday April 18, 2002, at the Mayfair House Hotel in CoconutGrove, FL. Miami, which recorded its eighth consecutive winning season,finished with an 24-8 overall record, 10-6 in the BIG EAST, and reachedthe NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five seasons. TheHurricanes established several school-records last season includingvictories (24), three-point field goals (236), three-point field goalattempts (684) and blocked shots (190).
Head Coach Perry Clark announced the following award recipients:
| OUTSTANDING STUDENT-ATHLETE | James Jones (3.371 GPA in Finance) |
| FOUNDERS AWARD | Paulo Coelho |
| (Courage, Dedication and Hardwork displayed throughout the year) | |
| BEST FREE THROW % | John Salmons (.842, 123-146) |
| LEADING 3-POINT FG% | Darius Rice (.365, 76-208) |
| LEADING FIELD GOAL % | Elton Tyler (.580, 149-257) |
| ASSISTS LEADER | John Salmons (195, 6.1 apg) |
| LEADING SCORER | Darius Rice (478, 14.9 ppg) |
| CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS | James Jones (203, 6.3 rpg) |
| SIXTH MAN AWARD | Mike Simmons |
| (Presented by the Top of the Key Club) | |
| HUSTLE AWARD | William Frisby, Kahleaf Watson |
| MOST IMPROVED PLAYER | Marcus Barnes |
| OUTSTANDING DEFENDER | John Salmons |
| BEST PASSER | Rafael Berumen |
| UNSUNG HERO AWARD | Rodrigue Djahue |
| (Presented by Hall of Fame Committee) | |
| BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK | John Salmons (Dec. 23, Dec. 31) |
| Darius Rice (Jan. 28) | |
| SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG EAST | John Salmons |
| Darius Rice | |
| THIRD-TEAM ALL-BIG EAST | James Jones |
| BIG EAST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM | Marcus Barnes |
