(New Rochelle, NY) — Iona College men’s basketball senior point guard Scott Machado was named Associated Press All-America Honorable mention for his performance in the 2011-12 campaign.
Machado finished his senior campaign with a 13.6 ppg average and a NCAA Division leading 9.9 assists per game. Machado orchestrated the national’s top scoring (82.9 ppg) and playmaking (19.3 apg) team. The 2012 Pepsi Max MAAC Player of the Year led the Gaels to a 25-8 mark and an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. The bid was just the second at-large in conference history.
Machado will appear in the Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this Friday night.
Scott Machado Postseason Accolades
Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention
2012 Pepsi Max MAAC Player of the Year
2012 MAAC First Team All-Conference
USBWA All-District
NACB All-District
Top 15 Naismith Award
Top 11 Bob Cousy Award
Lute Olsen All-America Team
Netscouts.com All-America Third Team
Basketball Times All-America First Team
ECAC Division I Men’s Basketball All-Star Team
Associated Press All America Teams:
First Team
Thomas Robinson, Kansas
Anthony Davis, Kentucky
Draymond Green, Michigan State
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State
Doug McDermott, Creighton
Second Team
Isaiah Canaan, Murray State
Marcus Denmon, Missouri
Tyler Zeller, North Carolina
Jae Crowder, Marquette
Kevin Jones, West Virginia
Third Team
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky
Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas
John Jenkins, Vanderbilt
Kendall Marshall, North Carolina
Damian Lillard, Weber State
Honorable Mention
Harrison Barnes, North Carolina; Will Barton, Memphis; Julian Boyd, LIU Brooklyn; Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso; De’Mon Brooks, Davidson; Trey Burke, Michigan; Deonte Burton, Nevada; Torrey Craig, S.C.-Upstate; Paul Crosby, Mississippi Valley State; Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary’s; LaRon Dendy, Middle Tennessee; Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville; Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State; Jorge Gutierrez, California; John Henson, North Carolina; Robbie Hummel, Purdue; Pierre Jackson, Baylor; Darius Johnson-Odom, Marquette; Perry Jones III, Baylor; Kris Joseph, Syracuse; Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut; Scott Machado, Iona; C.J. McCollum, Lehigh; Dominique Morrison, Oral Roberts; Mike Moser, UNLV; Andrew Nicholson, St. Bonaventure; Kyle O’Quinn, Norfolk State; Darryl Partin, Boston University; Ryan Pearson, George Mason; Mason Plumlee, Duke; Patrick Richard, McNeese State; Austin Rivers, Duke; Zack Rosen, Pennsylvania; Mike Scott, Virginia; John Shurna, Northwestern; Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin; Dion Waiters, Syracuse; Casper Ware, Long Beach State; Mitchell Watt, Buffalo; Royce White, Iowa State; Isaiah Wilkerson, NJIT; Nate Wolters, South Dakota State; Cody Zeller, Indiana.