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Paul Shirley Earns Second Team Academic All-America Honors
03.13.2001 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State senior center Paul Shirley, who leads the Cyclones in rebounding at 6.9 rpg, earned Verizon Second-Team Academic All-America honors, announced today by Verizon and CoSIDA.
Shirley, a native of Meriden, Kan., is a four-time member of the Big 12 academic team and earned his second consecutive Verizon District VII Academic All-America honor this season. Shirley, who had a 3.67 GPA in mechanical engineering, earned honorable mention all-Big 12 honors for the Cyclones this season after starting all 30 games and helping ISU win its second straight Big 12 Conference title. He currently averages 10.0 ppg.
Verizon Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team
First Team
Name Shane Battier, Duke
Eric Channing, New Mexico
Nathan Jameson, UNC-Greensboro
Joseph Lumpkin, Charleston
Brandon Wolfram, UTEP
Second Team
Matt Bonner, Florida
Kirk Haston, Indiana
Matt Renn, Indiana State
Paul Shirley, Iowa State
Luke Recker, Iowa
Nate Schindewolf, Akron
Third Team
Wes Burtner, Belmont
Carson Cunningham, Purdue
Mike Ensminger, Miami (Ohio)
Bill Phillips, St. Joseph's
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