Long Beach State University Athletics
Nixon Named All-American
3/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nixon Named Honorable
Mention All-America
First Since 1980
March 27, 2007
NEW YORK, NY-- Long Beach State senior guard Aaron Nixon (Cleveland, OH)
was selected on Monday as a 2006-07 Associated Press Honorable Mention
All-American. Nixon led the 49ers to a 24-8 mark and the 2007 Big West
Conference regular season and tournament championships. He was selected
as the Big West Player of the Year and was the MVP of the Big West Tournament.
Nixon led the 49ers in scoring at 18.8 points per game and hist 81 made
three-pointers this season were second-most in school history. He finished
his two-year career with 1,027 points, just the 16th player in school
history to reach 1,000 career points.
Nixon is the first 49er to earn All-America honors since 1980 when Michael
Wiley and Francois Wise were both honorable mention All-Americans.
49er All-Americans
1970: Sam Robinson (HM)
1971: George Trapp (HM)
1972: Ed Ratleff (1st team)
1972: Chuck Terry (HM)
1973: Ed Ratleff (1st team)
1974: Leonard Gray (HM)
1974: Glenn McDonald (HM)
1975: Bobby Gross (HM)
1977: Lloyd McMillian (HM)
1979: Rickey Williams (HM)
1980: Michael Wiley (HM)
1980: Francois Wise (HM)
2007: Aaron Nixon (HM)
The 2006-07 AP All-American Teams are as follows:
First Team
Kevin Durant, Texas
Alando Tucker, Wisconsin
Acie Law IV, Texas A&M
Arron Afflalo, UCLA
Greg Oden, Ohio State
Second Team
Nick Fazekas, Nevada
Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
Chris Lofton, Tennessee
Jared Dudley, Boston College
Joakim Noah, Florida
Third Team
Jeff Green, Georgetown
Al Horford, Florida
Aaron Brooks, Oregon
Al Thornton, Florida State
Aaron Gray, Pittsburgh
Honorable Mention
Morris Almond, Rice; D.J. Augustin, Texas; Jahsha Bluntt, Delaware
State; Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State; Corey Brewer, Florida; Derrick
Byars, Vanderbilt; Jaycee Carroll, Utah State; Darren Collison, UCLA;
Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State; Chris Daniels, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Glen Davis, LSU; Sean Denison, Santa Clara; Chris Douglas-Roberts,
Memphis; Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech; A.J. Graves, Butler; Caleb
Green, Oral Roberts; Taurean Green, Florida; Adam Haluska, Iowa; Roy
Hibbert, Georgetown; Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro.
Ibrahim Jaaber, Pennsylvania; Jarrius Jackson, Texas Tech; Dominic
James, Marquette; Trey Johnson, Jackson State; Jared Jordan, Marist;
Stephane Lasme, Massachusetts; Bo McCalebb, New Orleans; Javier
Mojica, Central Connecticut State; Drew Neitzel, Michigan State;
Demetris Nichols, Syracuse.
Aaron Nixon, Long Beach State; David Patten, Weber State;
Courtney
Pigram, East Tennessee State; Derek Raivio, Gonzaga; Drake Reed,
Austin Peay; Arizona Reid, High Point; Brandon Rush, Kansas; Keith
Simmons, Holy Cross; Sean Singletary, Virginia; Loren Stokes, Hofstra.
Rodney Stuckey, Eastern Washington; Curtis Sumpter, Villanova; Jamaal
Tatum, Southern Illinois; Romeo Travis, Akron; Jamar Wilson, Albany,
N.Y.; DaShaun Wood, Wright State; Julian Wright, Kansas; Keena Young,
BYU.
