Zhuric Phelps named second-team All-AAC

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Zhuric Phelps Named All-AAC Second Team
Mustangs Open AAC Championship Play On Thursday At 8 p.m.

IRVING, Texas (SMU/The American) – Junior guard Zhuric Phelps was named All-American Athletic Conference Second Team, the league announced Tuesday in advance of the AAC Championship at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.

Phelps is averaging team bests of 14.8 points (12th AAC) and 1.9 steals (5th AAC) while also recording 4.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He is hitting 75.0% on free throws (20th AAC) and has 13 blocked shots. He has scored in double figures in 28 of 31 games this season, including 14 straight to finish the conference season.

He has earned two AAC Weekly Honor Roll spots this season (Nov. 27, Feb. 12) and six weekly honors in his career. Earlier this season, Phelps was on the Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament Team where the Mustangs defeated West Virginia in the semifinal before falling to Wisconsin in the championship.

Phelps became the 44th Mustang to score 1,000 points at SMU in the win at Tulane on Feb. 15. He now has 1,107 points to rank 34th all-time on the Hilltop. He is also tied for seventh in career steals (153). In the overtime win over ECU on March 6, he hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 5.4 seconds left in regulation and finished 10-for-10 at the free-throw line to become the 18th Mustang to go perfect with at least 10 attempts.

The No. 6-seeded Mustangs (20-11, 11-7 AAC) open the American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday at 8 p.m. CT. SMU will face the winner of Wednesday's first-round game between No. 11 Temple (12-19, 5-13 AAC) and No. 14 UTSA (11-20, 5-13 AAC).

Mustangs Selected All-American Athletic Conference
Sterling Brown (2016-17 Second Team)
Kendric Davis (2019-20 Third Team, 2020-21 First Team, 2021-22 First Team)
Feron Hunt (2020-21 Third Team)
Tyson Jolly (2019-20 Third Team)
Markus Kennedy (2013-14 Second Team, 2014-15 Second Team)
Jahmal McMurray (2018-19 Second Team)
Isiaha Mike (2019-20 Third Team)
Shake Milton (2016-17 Second Team, 2017-18 Second Team)
Ben Moore (2016-17 Second Team)
Nic Moore (2013-14 First Team, 2014-15 First Team, 2015-16 First Team)
Yanick Moreira (2014-15 Second Team)
Semi Ojeleye (2016-17 First Team)
Zhuric Phelps (2023-24 Second Team)
Marcus Weathers (2021-22 Second Team)

All-Time All-American Athletic Conference Honors
21 - Houston
20 - SMU
16 - Cincinnati
16 – Memphis

2024 American Athletic Conference Honors
(The awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.)

All-Conference First Team
Yaxel Lendeborg, Jr., F, UAB
Johnell Davis, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic*
David Jones, Sr., G, Memphis
Jason Edwards, So., G, North Texas
Chris Youngblood, Sr., G, South Florida

All-Conference Second Team
Lu'Cye Patterson, Jr., G, Charlotte
Vladislav Goldin, Jr., C, Florida Atlantic
Alijah Martin, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
Selton Miguel, Sr., G, South Florida
Zhuric Phelps, Jr., G, SMU

All-Conference Third Team
Igor Milicic Jr, Jr., F, Charlotte
RJ Felton, Jr., G, East Carolina
Jahvon Quinerly, Sr., G, Memphis
Kevin Cross, Sr., F, Tulane
PJ Haggerty, Fr., G, Tulsa

All-Freshman Team
Keanu Dawes, F, Rice*
Jayden Reid, G, South Florida*
Zion Stanford, G, Temple
Tyshawn Archie, G, Tulsa
PJ Haggerty, G, Tulsa*
Matt Reed, F, Tulsa

Players of the Year
Johnell Davis, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
Chris Youngblood, Sr., G, South Florida

Coach of the Year
Amir Abdur-Rahim, South Florida*

Defensive Player of the Year
Yaxel Lendeborg, Jr., F, UAB

Freshman of the Year
PJ Haggerty, G, Tulsa*

Most Improved Player
Selton Miguel, Sr., G, South Florida

Sixth Man of the Year
Selton Miguel, Sr., G, South Florida*

Sportsmanship Award
Sion James, Jr., G, Tulane

* denotes unanimous selection