Tyler Ulis has been named the District IV Player of the Year and Jamal Murray joined him on the 10-man All-District IV team.
Here is an excerpt from the release from UK:
The latest honors come from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, which named Ulis its District IV Player of the Year on Tuesday. Murray joined Ulis on the 10-man All-District IV Team, which includes the top players from the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
The USBWA All-District Teams are based on voting from its national membership of 900-plus. The USBWA has selected All-District Teams since the 1956-57 season.
Ulis and Murray are racking in the postseason awards after spectacular individual seasons that helped guide Kentucky to a 23-8 record overall and a share of the program’s 47th Southeastern Conference regular-season championship.
Among the highlights, Ulis has already been named SEC Player of the Year, SEC Defensive Player of the Year and tabbed to the USA Today All-America First Team. Murray, meanwhile, was named to the USA Today All-America Second Team and joined Ulis on the All-SEC First Team. Murray was also picked for the SEC All-Freshman Team.
The awards and honors Ulis and Murray have already collected:
Tyler Ulis – SEC Player of the Year (Coaches), SEC Defensive Player of the Year, (Coaches) All-SEC First Team (Coaches), SEC All-Defensive Team (Coaches), USA Today All-America First Team, CBS Sports SEC Player of the Year, USBWA District IV Player of the Year, USBWA All-District IV Team, Bob Cousy finalist, John R. Wooden Award finalist, Oscar Robertson finalist
Jamal Murray – All-SEC First Team (Coaches), SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches), USA Today All-America First Team, USBWA All-District IV Team, Wayman Tisdale finalist
Here are all the awards for District IV:
DISTRICT IV
KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jim Larranaga, Miami
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM (10)
Evan Bradds, Belmont
Dorian Finney-Smith, Florida
Damian Jones, Vanderbilt
Damion Lee, Louisville
Sheldon McClellan, Miami
Stefan Moody, Ole Miss
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Retin Obasahan, Alabama
Kevin Punter, Tennessee
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
