Turgeon, Trimble, Wells Earn NABC All-District Nod
3/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mark Turgeon, Melo Trimble and Dez Wells were honored as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Friday the NABC Division I All-District teams and UPS All-District coaches for 2014-15, selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC.
Turgeon was named District 7 Coach of the Year along with Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan. Trimble garnered first team honors and Wells was tabbed to the second team.
Turgeon – who was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in the Terps' inaugural season in the league – led the Terps to a 28-7 overall record. Maryland recorded a school-record 26 wins during the regular season and made an impressive 11-game improvement in the win column from a year ago.
Trimble led the Terps in scoring as only a freshman, averaging 16.2 points per game and ranking in the top five in the conference. His 207 made free throws rank third all-time in single-season Terrapin annals. Trimble was a first team All-Big Ten selection and a USBWA Freshman All-American.
Wells capped his Maryland career ranked 19th all-time in scoring with 1,398 points. The senior averaged 15.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in his final campaign in College Park. Wells was a first team All-Big Ten honoree.
NABC All-District 7
First Team
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Melo Trimble, Maryland
A.J. Hammons, Purdue
Second Team
Sam Dekker, Wisconsin
D.J. Newbill, Penn State
Aaron White, Iowa
Dez Wells, Maryland
Branden Dawson, Michigan State
