Nwora Honored on NABC All-America Team
March 24, 2020 | Men's Basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – University of Louisville forward Jordan Nwora has been named to National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I 2020 All-America Men's Basketball team as a third team selection. He had received NABC All-District 2 first team accolades yesterday.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in Division I, members of the NABC All-America first team are Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Luka Garza (Iowa), Markus Howard (Marquette), Payton Pritchard (Oregon) and Obi Toppin (Dayton). Second team selections include Devon Dotson (Kansas), Malachi Flynn (San Diego State), Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga), Myles Powell (Seton Hall) and Cassius Winston (Michigan State). Joining Nwora on the third team are Jared Butler (Baylor), Vernon Carey (Duke), Tre Jones (Duke) and Jalen Smith (Maryland).
Nwora is the Cardinals' 21st All-America selection and first since Russ Smith was a consensus first team All-America choice in 2014. To date, he has also been named to All-America teams by The Associated Press (third team), The Sporting News (third team), US Basketball Writers Association (third team), USA Today (third team), Sports Illustrated (third team) and The Athletic (third team). Nwora is the Cardinals' 14th NABC All-America selection, including two individuals who were honored in twice.
With his selection on the NABC team and others, Nwora becomes just the 12th consensus first, second or third team All-America selection for the Cardinals by 10 individuals, joining Charlie Tyra (1957), Wes Unseld (1967, 1968), Jim Price (1972), Darrell Griffith (1980), Pervis Ellison (1989), Clifford Rozier (1994), Reece Gaines (2003), Terrence Williams (2009) and Russ Smith (2013, 2014). The consensus All-America teams are determined with selections by the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC and The Sporting News.
Included on the John Wooden Award final ballot for national player of the year, Nwora was a preseason first team Associated Press All-America selection. He was the only player to rank among the ACC's top ten in scoring (18.0 ppg, second in the ACC), rebounding (7.7, 8th), free throw percentage (.813, 4th), field goal percentage (.440, 8th) and three-pointers made per game (2.5, 2nd). Nwora scored in double figures in 27 games this season and on 67 occasions in his career. The 6-8 junior from Buffalo, N.Y., produced seven double-doubles this season and 16 in the last two years, second-best in the ACC.
Nwora scored a career-high 37 points at Boston College on Jan. 29, tied for the seventh-most ever scored at Louisville. His 1,294 points in three seasons is tied for 31st in career scoring at UofL. He was named to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America basketball second team and is on target to graduate this summer in three years with a degree in exercise science. He also earned his third straight All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team selection.
Nwora, a first-team All-ACC selection who was the second-leading vote-getter and finished second in the conference player of the year voting, is only the Cardinals' second All-ACC first team selection in Louisville's six years in the ACC. Donovan Mitchell earned first team All-ACC honors in 2017. Nwora was a third-team All-ACC pick last season and was named the 2018-19 ACC Most Improved Player.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in Division I, members of the NABC All-America first team are Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Luka Garza (Iowa), Markus Howard (Marquette), Payton Pritchard (Oregon) and Obi Toppin (Dayton). Second team selections include Devon Dotson (Kansas), Malachi Flynn (San Diego State), Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga), Myles Powell (Seton Hall) and Cassius Winston (Michigan State). Joining Nwora on the third team are Jared Butler (Baylor), Vernon Carey (Duke), Tre Jones (Duke) and Jalen Smith (Maryland).
Nwora is the Cardinals' 21st All-America selection and first since Russ Smith was a consensus first team All-America choice in 2014. To date, he has also been named to All-America teams by The Associated Press (third team), The Sporting News (third team), US Basketball Writers Association (third team), USA Today (third team), Sports Illustrated (third team) and The Athletic (third team). Nwora is the Cardinals' 14th NABC All-America selection, including two individuals who were honored in twice.
With his selection on the NABC team and others, Nwora becomes just the 12th consensus first, second or third team All-America selection for the Cardinals by 10 individuals, joining Charlie Tyra (1957), Wes Unseld (1967, 1968), Jim Price (1972), Darrell Griffith (1980), Pervis Ellison (1989), Clifford Rozier (1994), Reece Gaines (2003), Terrence Williams (2009) and Russ Smith (2013, 2014). The consensus All-America teams are determined with selections by the Associated Press, USBWA, NABC and The Sporting News.
Included on the John Wooden Award final ballot for national player of the year, Nwora was a preseason first team Associated Press All-America selection. He was the only player to rank among the ACC's top ten in scoring (18.0 ppg, second in the ACC), rebounding (7.7, 8th), free throw percentage (.813, 4th), field goal percentage (.440, 8th) and three-pointers made per game (2.5, 2nd). Nwora scored in double figures in 27 games this season and on 67 occasions in his career. The 6-8 junior from Buffalo, N.Y., produced seven double-doubles this season and 16 in the last two years, second-best in the ACC.
Nwora scored a career-high 37 points at Boston College on Jan. 29, tied for the seventh-most ever scored at Louisville. His 1,294 points in three seasons is tied for 31st in career scoring at UofL. He was named to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America basketball second team and is on target to graduate this summer in three years with a degree in exercise science. He also earned his third straight All-ACC Academic Men's Basketball Team selection.
Nwora, a first-team All-ACC selection who was the second-leading vote-getter and finished second in the conference player of the year voting, is only the Cardinals' second All-ACC first team selection in Louisville's six years in the ACC. Donovan Mitchell earned first team All-ACC honors in 2017. Nwora was a third-team All-ACC pick last season and was named the 2018-19 ACC Most Improved Player.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
