March 6, 2006

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For the second consecutive season, Maryland senior forward Nik Caner-Medley (Portland, Maine) has earned Third-Team All-ACC honors, as released by the league office today. Caner-Medley, who recently was selected Second-Team All-District 5 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), also earned third-team all-conference honors as a junior. Junior guard D.J. Strawberry (Corona, Calif.) was also recognized by the league, earning honorable mention ACC All-Defensive Team accolades.

Caner-Medley currently leads Maryland and ranks 14th in the ACC in scoring with 15.4 points per game, while also ranking among the league leaders in rebounding (18th-6.1 rpg) and free throw percentage (5th-.827). He has scored in double figures in 24 games this season, including 14 straight, and has scored at least 20 points on six occasions. The Portland, Maine, native has led the Terps in scoring in nine of the last 14 games, averaging 18.1 points during the stretch. He has played in all 124 games at Maryland, including 110 starts during his four-year career.

Caner-Medley currently ranks 15th all-time at Maryland and 7th among active ACC players with 1,551 career points, while also ranking 18th all-time at Maryland and 5th among active league players with 637 career rebounds. He is also in the Terps' record books for career 3-pointers (113-10th) and steals (141-11th). Caner-Medley recently became just the 11th player in school history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 steals.

As a junior, Caner-Medley led the Terps in scoring with 16.0 points per game en route to Third-Team All-ACC honors. He was also selected to the preseason 2005-06 Wooden Award Watch list, which recognizes college basketball's player of the year at seasons' end.

Strawberry has established himself as one of the ACC's top defenders after recovering from a season-ending knee injury which sidelined him for the second half of last season. He currently leads the team and ranks sixth in the ACC with 1.83 steals per game and has recorded at least one steal in 24 of 29 games this season. Despite playing in just 74 career games, Strawberry ranks 14th all-time at Maryland with 128 career steals (1.73 spg). He also leads the team with 3.93 assists per game and is on the verge of becoming just the eighth player in the last 20 years at Maryland to lead the team in both steals and assists.

In addition to scoring 10.1 points per game, Strawberry has also hit the boards, grabbing at least four rebounds in 11 of the last 14 games, while averaging 3.5 boards per game for the season. Strawberry is one of two Terps (Caner-Medley) to start all 29 games this season.

2006 All-ACC Men's Basketball Teams
ALL-ACC 

(1st Team Vote - 3 points; 2nd Team Vote - 2 points; 3rd Team Vote - 1 point) First Team (1st Team Votes) Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina* (108) 324 J.J. Redick, Duke* (108) 324 Shelden Williams, Duke* (108) 324 Craig Smith, Boston College (91) 304 Sean Singletary, Virginia (51) 262 *unanimous 1st-team

Second Team Al Thornton, Florida State. 240 Guillermo Diaz, Miami 207 Justin Gray, Wake Forest 194 Jared Dudley, Boston College 176 David Noel, North Carolina 127

Third Team Eric Williams, Wake Forest 120 Cameron Bennerman, NC State 106 Robert Hite, Miami 104 Nik Caner-Medley, Maryland 84 J.R. Reynolds, Virginia 54 Reyshawn Terry, North Carolina 54

Honorable Mention (20 or more points) Anthony Morrow, Georgia Tech 41 Alexander Johnson, Florida State 37 Cedric Simmons, NC State 25 Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech 23 Coleman Collins, Virginia Tech 21

ALL-FRESHMAN Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina* 108 Greg Paulus, Duke 96 Bobby Frasor, North Carolina 77 Josh McRoberts, Duke 77 Tyrese Rice, Boston College 77 *unanimous

Honorable Mention (20 or more votes) Lewis Clinch, Georgia Tech 49 A.D. Vassallo, Virginia Tech 20

ALL-DEFENSIVE Shelden Williams, Duke* 106 Vernon Hamilton, Clemson 91 Jamon Gordon, Virginia Tech 63 Cedric Simmons, NC State 57 Zabian Dowdell, Virginia Tech 37 *unanimous / 106 voters

Honorable Mention (20 or more votes) Sean Dockery, Duke 32 D.J. Strawberry, Maryland 28