STANFORD, Calif. – For the second consecutive season, Stanford men’s basketball has earned an Associated Press All-America honorable mention selection as Ebuka Okorie was selected by the organization.
Okorie joins Maxime Raynaud with the honor for Stanford over the last two seasons, and he becomes the 12th player in program history to earn the honorable mention status from the AP. Stanford has had 20 AP All-Americans in program history, inclusive of its honorable mention student-athletes.
Stanford’s guard is one of three ACC players recognized and part of a historic freshman class, as nine players were honored in the AP’s announcement.
One of the top scoring guards in the country, Okorie has starred this season with averages of 22.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He ranks eighth nationally in scoring and third among freshmen, trailing only BYU's AJ Dybantsa and Arkansas’ Darius Acuff nationally, and he leads the ACC, just ahead of Duke's Cameron Boozer.
Okorie's seven 30-point games are tied for the most by any freshman in ACC history with Marvin Bagley III (Duke) in 2017-18, and fourth in the conference's overall history. His scoring average is on pace to pass Duke’s RJ Barrett for the top mark in ACC history by any freshman player. He would be the first freshman to meet his averages in points, rebounds, assists and steals, nationally, since Oklahoma's Trae Young and Howard's RJ Cole in 2017-18.
Elite in Stanford’s history Okorie already owns the program's scoring records by a freshman, both in a game and over the course of a season. He ranks sixth in Stanford’s single-season scoring history with 685 points, just 49 away from tying the program record, and is on pace to finish second in scoring average, trailing only Adam Keefe (1991-92).
Earlier this season, Okorie was named to the All-ACC first team, ACC All-Rookie Team and NABC All-Pacific Division first team. He was selected to the Naismith Trophy Men's College Player of the Year Late-Season Team and is a finalist for the Kyle Macy Award, given to the top freshman player in college basketball. Okorie was a four-time ACC Rookie of the Week and one-time ACC Player of the Week, and he was named National Freshman of the Week twice – once from the NCAA’s Andy Katz (Feb. 9) and once as Dick Vitale’s Diaper Dandy of the Week (March 9).