Mychal Kearse Named to collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America Team
Mount St. Mary's senior guard Mychal Kearse has been named to the collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America team. The team consists of 21 players throughout the country, including National Defensive Player of the Year Darren Collison of UCLA.
Kearse became the first two-time winner of the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year award when he earned NEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year honors with Tristan Blackwood of Central Connecticut State. The senior, who made a remarkable recovery from a torn ACL in the offseason, maintained his reputation as a defensive stopper on a Mount team that finished the regular season third in the NEC in scoring defense at 68.4 ppg. A Charlotte, N.C. product, he finished 15th in the conference with 1.4 steals per contest.
Kearse finished his Mount career 11th all-time in steals and became the first player in school history to lead the team in rebounding four consecutive seasons.
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Defensive All-America Team |
| Rather then assembling first, second, third and fourth team squads, the collegeinsider.com Defensive All-America team is one team consisting of 21 players. Division I coaches and NBA scouts are part of the selection process, but final decision rests with the collegeinsider.com staff. |
| Antonio Anderson | G | 6-6 | So. | Memphis |
| Corey Brewer | F | 6-9 | Jr. | Florida |
| Mario Chalmers | G | 6-1 | So. | Kansas |
| Chaz Crawford | F | 6-10 | Sr. | Drexel |
| Darren Collison | G | 6-0 | So. | UCLA |
| Marcus Dove | G/F | 6-9 | Jr. | Oklahoma State |
| Zabian Dowdell | G | 6-3 | Sr. | Virginia Tech |
| Randal Falker | F | 6-7 | Jr. | Southern Illinois |
| Jamon Gordon | G | 6-3 | Sr. | Virginia Tech |
| Roy Hibbert | C | 7-2 | Jr. | Georgetown |
| Mychal Kearse | G | 6-4 | Sr. | Mount St. Mary's |
| Dominique Kirk | G | 6-3 | Jr. | Texas A&M |
| Stephane Lasme | F | 6-8 | Sr. | Massachusetts |
| Acie Law | G | 6-3 | Sr. | Texas A&M |
| Jerel McNeal | G | 6-3 | So. | Marquette |
| Greg Oden | C | 7-1 | Fr. | Ohio State |
| Garrett Temple | G | 6-5 | So. | LSU |
| Jason Thompson | F | 6-10 | Jr. | Rider |
| Travis Walton | G | 6-2 | So. | Michigan State |
| Akeem Wright | G | 6-6 | Sr. | Kansas State |
| Tony Young | G | 6-0 | Sr. | Southern Illinois |
NATIONAL
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Darren Collison
(UCLA)
MID-MAJOR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Chaz Crawford
(Drexel)