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Cade Cunningham Named AP First Team All-American

He is the only underclassman on the First Team.

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For the first time in program history, Oklahoma State has a First Team AP All-American.

The Associated Press released its All-American teams Tuesday morning which featured Cade Cunningham along with Iowa’s Luka Garza, Baylor’s Jared Butler, Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu and Gonzaga’s Corey Kispert on the First Team.

Cunningham, a freshman, was the only underclassman on the First Team. The honor adds to the myriad awards he has earned in his one-year stint in college basketball along with the Big 12 Player of the Year, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, the Sporting News Freshman of the year and a host of others.

Entering the NCAA Tournament, Cunningham averages 20.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists a game. Since mid-February, he has averaged 23.9 points a game, including outings of 40 points against Oklahoma and 29 points against Texas in the Big 12 title game.

Although he is the Cowboys’ first First Team selection, he isn’t the first Cowboy to be an AP All-American.

Year Name Team
1948 A.L. Bennett Third
1949 Bob Harris Second
1951 Gale McArthur Second
1954 Bob Mattick Third
1990 Byron Houston Honorable Mention
1991 Byron Houston Honorable Mention
1992 Byron Houston Second
1994 Bryant Reeves Third
1995 Bryant Reeves Third
2000 Desmond Mason Honorable Mention
2000 Joe Adkins Honorable Mention
2004 John Lucas Third
2004 Tony Allen Honorable Mention
2005 Joey Graham Third
2010 James Anderson Second
2013 Marcus Smart Second
2014 Marcus Smart Honorable Mention
2017 Jawun Evans Honorable Mention
2021 Cade Cunningham First

Here is the full list of 2021 AP All-Americans.

First Team

Luka Garza, Iowa
Jared Butler, Baylor
Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois
Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State
Corey Kispert, Gonzaga

Second Team

Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga
Evan Mobley, Southern California
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois

Third Team

Davion Mitchell, Baylor
Quentin Grimes, Houston
Herb Jones, Alabama
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago
Chris Duarte, Oregon

Honorable Mention

Max Abmas, Oral Roberts; Joel Ayayi, Gonzaga; Alex Barcello, BYU; Scottie Barnes, Florida State; Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky; James Bouknight, Connecticut; Justin Champagnie, Pittsburgh; Derek Culver, West Virginia; Antoine Davis, Detroit; Kendrick Davis, SMU; David Duke, Providence; Collin Gillespie, Villanova; Raiquan Gray, Florida State; Sam Hauser, Virginia; Jay Huff, Virginia; Nah’Shon Hyland, Virginia Commonwealth; Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana; Andrew Jones, Texas; Carlik Jones, Louisville; EJ Liddell, Ohio State; Isaiah Livers, Michigan; Sandro Mamukelashvili, Seton Hall; Jaquori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara; Tre Mann, Florida; Remy Martin, Arizona State; Miles McBride, West Virginia; Mac McClung, Texas Tech; Matt Mitchell, San Diego State; Moses Moody, Arkansas; Scotty Pippen Jr., Vanderbilt; Neemias Queta, Utah State; Austin Reaves, Oklahoma; Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova; Jaden Shackelford, Alabama; Terry Taylor, Austin Peay; MaCio Teague, Baylor; Cameron Thomas, LSU; Franz Wagner, Michigan; Trevion Williams, Purdue; McKinley Wright IV, Colorado; Moses Wright, Georgia Tech; Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton.

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