Baylor’s Mitchell and Butler Pick Up NABC All-America Honors

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 18, 2021

Baylor’s Mitchell and Butler Pick Up NABC All-America Honors
Butler on First Team, Mitchell named to Third Team
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – Baylor men’s basketball guards Jared Butler and Davion Mitchell have been named to All-America Teams by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the NABC announced Thursday.



Butler is on the NABC’s All-America First Team, while Mitchell is a Third Team selection. Together they doubled the total number of NABC All-America selections in program history. Johnathan Motley was a Second Team choice in 2017, and Butler was honored on the Third Team a season ago.



The NABC All-America teams are selected by NABC-member head coaches in Division I.



Butler was joined on the First Team by Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham, Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu, Iowa’s Luka Garza and Gonzaga’s Corey Kispert. Second Team selections were Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn, Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson, USC’s Evan Mobley and Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs and Drew Timme.



Mitchell was joined on the Third Team by Villanova’s Collin Gillespie and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Houston’s Quentin Grimes and Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis.



Butler leads the Big 12 in steals (2.1/game), 3-point percentage (.429), and 3-pointers made (2.6/game). He ranks second in the conference in assists (5.0/game), third in scoring (17.1/game), fourth in field goal percentage (.488) and ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.56).



Mitchell leads the Big 12 in assists (5.4/game) and field goal percentage (.515), ranks second in steals (2.0/game), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.06), fifth in 3-pointers made (2.3/game), 13th in scoring (14.1/game) and 15th in minutes (32.7/game).



The duo helped lead Baylor to its first NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed in program history with a 22-2 record. The Bears claimed the program’s first conference title in 71 years by going 13-1 in Big 12 play, winning more games than any other team in the league despite having four games canceled, while TCU with two cancellations was the only other program to not play at least 17 league games.



Baylor is ranked No. 3 nationally in the latest polls, extending the school-record streak to 28-straight weeks top-5 ranked. The current 28-week streak comes after the Bears had been top-5 ranked for a total of 12 weeks in program history prior to the last two seasons. BU has been in one of the top-3 spots of both polls throughout the 2020-21 season.



No. 1 seed Baylor takes on No. 16 seed Hartford in the NCAA Tournament first round at 2:30 p.m. CT Friday on truTV. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.



2021 NABC ALL-AMERICANS

First Team

Jared Butler, Baylor

Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State

Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois

Luka Garza, Iowa

Corey Kispert, Gonzaga



Second Team

Kofi Cockburn, Illinois

Hunter Dickinson, Michigan

Evan Mobley, USC

Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga

Drew Timme, Gonzaga



Third Team

Collin Gillespie, Villanova

Quentin Grimes, Houston

Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana

Davion Mitchell, Baylor

Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova

2020-21 BAYLOR MBB HONORS
Jared Butler
Wooden Award Finalist (1 of 15)
Naismith Trophy Semifinalist (1 of 10)
Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Finalist (1 of 5)
All-America First Team (unanimous)
Big 12 Player of the Year (AP; The Athletic)
All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
Big 12 All-Defensive Team
USBWA District VII Player of the Year
USBWA District VII All-District Team
NABC All-District 8 First Team
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List (1 of 15)
Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List
NCAA National Player of the Week (Jan. 25)
Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Jan. 25)
USBWA National Player of the Week (Jan. 26)
Big 12 Player of the Week (Jan. 25)

Scott Drew
Big 12 Coach of the Year (second-straight year)
Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year Finalist (1 of 4)
USBWA Henry Iba Award Finalist (1 of 4)
NABC District 8 Coach of the Year
USBWA District VII Coach of the Year

Davion Mitchell
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10)
All-America Third Team (AP; NABC, Sporting News)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
All-Big 12 First Team (coaches)
All-Big 12 Second Team (AP)
Big 12 All-Defensive Team (unanimous)
NABC District 8 First Team
USBWA District VII All-District Team
Naismith Trophy Midseason Team (1 of 30)
Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 1)

Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua
Big 12 All-Newcomer Team

MaCio Teague
Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Finalist (1 of 5)
All-America Third Team (NCAA March Madness)
All-America Honorable Mention (AP)
All-Big 12 Second Team (AP)
All-Big 12 Third Team (coaches)
Big 12 All-Tournament Team
USBWA District VII All-District Team
NCAA National Player of the Week (March 8)
Big 12 Player of the Week (March 8)

Mark Vital
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (The Athletic)
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Big 12 All-Defensive Team (unanimous)
Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List



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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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