Providence’s Kris Dunn Named NCAA Consensus 2nd Team All American

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – It was announced earlier in the week that Providence College junior guard Kris Dunn (New London, Conn.) was named a NCAA Consensus Second Team All-American.  The NCAA recognizes Consensus All-Americans as players named All-American by the Associated Press, U.S. Basketball Writers Association, National Association Of Basketball Coaches and The Sporting News.  Dunn is just the fourth Friar all-time to earn this honor.  He joins Jimmy Walker (1966 and 1967), Ernie DiGregorio (1973), Marvin Barnes (1974) and Ryan Gomes (2004) as the other Friars who were named NCAA Consensus All-Americans.

Last week, Dunn was named NABC Division I First Team All-District 5.  Since the conclusion of the regular season, Dunn has been named First Team All-BIG EAST, BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and BIG EAST Player of the Year. Other honors he has earned are NABC Second Team All-American, John R. Wooden Award All-American, USBWA Second Team All-American, Sports Illustrated Second Team All-American, Sporting News Second Team All-American, CBS Sports.com Second Team All-American, ESPN.com Third Team All-American, USA Today Third Team All-American and USWBA District 1 Player of the Year.

Dunn, who is a two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year and two-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, joined Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing `85 as the only players in the history of the league to earn Player of the Year twice and Defensive Player of the Year twice. Dunn also is just the sixth player in the 37-year history of the BIG EAST to be named Player of the Year two times. Dunn is the only guard in the history of the league to earn Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.

Dunn, who was the 2015-16 BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year, led the Friars to a 24-11 mark and a 10-8 record in BIG EAST play.  The team earned its third consecutive NCAA Tournament bid this season.  The Friars posted a 1-1 mark in the NCAA’s where it defeated Southern California (70-69) before losing to No. 1 seed North Carolina (85-66). In addition to leading the league in steals and ranking fifth in the nation (2.5), Dunn ranked second in the BIG EAST in assists (6.2) and seventh in scoring (16.4). Dunn registered seven double-doubles and one triple-double. Dunn became the first Friar ever to register 1,000 points, 500 assists, 400 rebounds and 200 steals. In 95 career games, Dunn recorded 1,214 points (12.8 ppg), 552 assists (5.8 apg), 486 rebounds (5.1 rpg) and 208 steals (2.2 spg).