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Alexander Named To AP All-America Team
April 1, 2008
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin's Josh Alexander was named Monday to his third All-America team this season and the fourth of his career, as the junior forward was announced among the honorable-mention selections on the Associated Press All-America team. Following a 2007-08 season that will go down as one of the best in program history, Alexander, the team's leading scorer and rebounder, has become one of the most decorated players in program history. His selection to the AP All-America team follows honors on both the CollegeHoops.net and CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-America squads. Alexander was chosen to the CollegeInsider.com Freshman Mid-Major All-America team in 2005-06. Monday's honor by the AP marks the first appearance by a Lumberjack on a non-mid-major All-America squad since 1982 and the first such selection in SFA's NCAA Division I era. Alexander averaged a career-best 16.1 points per game and pulled down 5.9 rebounds per contest this season. Those figures ranked third and 16th, respectively, in the Southland Conference. Alexander led the league in 3-point field goals at 3.03 per game. He was rewarded by earning the first Southland Conference Player of the Year honor in school history. Alexander was also given the SLC Player of the Year tag by CollegeInsider.com. Alexander finished the season at 34th in the country in 3-pointers per game, and his 41-percent accuracy from beyond the arc ranked 38th in the nation at season's end. Alexander is the only Southland Conference player listed among the AP All-America ranks this season. In addition to his four All-America selections, Alexander is a three-time All-SLC honoree, having been named SLC Freshman of the Year in 2005-06 and earning third-team honors a year ago. The Shreveport, La., native broke into the SFA 1,000-point scorers club this season and finished the season with 1,272 points, one point shy of tying Marvin Polnick for 12th place on the school's all-time career scoring list. Alexander also pulled down a career-best 184 rebounds this season, giving him 517 for his career. He is just the second player in SFA's Division I era to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. The first, Nathan Randle, did so between the 1991-92 and 1993-94 seasons. Alexander is also the first SFA player in 51 years to lead the Lumberjacks in scoring and rebounding for three consecutive seasons. C.L. Nix paced SFA in both categories three straight campaigns, beginning in the 1954-55 season. As a team, the Lumberjacks went 26-6 this season, the best single-season win total for the program since joining the NCAA Division I ranks for the 1986-87 season and the fourth-best win total, at any level of competition, in school history. SFA posted a 13-3 record in Southland Conference play and captured the first SLC title in school history. The Lumberjacks reached the National Invitation Tournament but were eliminated in the first round by UMass. The Minutemen have gone on to reach the Final Four of the NIT and will take on defending national champion Florida Tuesday night. Associated Press All-America Team FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM HONORABLE MENTION -- SFA --
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