Booker Named All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team

SAN FRANCISCO - In a vote of the 12 Pac-12 Conference coaches, University of Colorado senior guard Askia Booker was named one of five players to the conference second team, Commissioner Larry Scott announced Monday.

Booker leads the Buffaloes in scoring (17.2 ppg), assists (91) and steals (43) and is looking to become the first CU player since Chauncey Billups to lead the team in all three categories. This season, Booker became just the third player in school history to play 132 career games and the seventh player to reach the 1,700-point plateau (1,708 career points).

Last season, Booker was an honorable mention selection.

CU finished the Pac-12 standings tied for eighth overall with a 7-11 record. Due to tie-breakers, the Buffs are the No. 10 seed at this week's conference tournament in Las Vegas where they will take on No. 7 Oregon State this Wednesday, 7:10 p.m. (MDT) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Network.

Also announced Monday by the conference office was Oregon senior guard Joseph Young being named the 2014-15 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Year; Arizona forward Stanley Johnson was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year; Oregon State junior guard Gary Payton II has been named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year; Washington State sophomore forward Josh Hawkinson has been named Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year; and Dana Altman of Oregon is the John R. Wooden Coach of the Year.

ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona
Stanley Johnson, Arizona
DaVonte Lacy, Washington State
T.J. McConnell, Arizona
Gary Payton II, Oregon State
Norman Powell, UCLA
Chasson Randle, Stanford
Tyrone Wallace, California
Delon Wright, Utah
Joseph Young, Oregon

ALL-PAC-12 SECOND TEAM
Askia Booker, Colorado
Elgin Cook, Oregon
Kevon Looney, UCLA
Brandon Taylor, Utah
Nigel Williams-Goss, Washington

Honorable Mention (receiving at least three votes): Bryce Alford (UCLA), Brandon Ashley (Arizona), Anthony Brown (Stanford), Josh Hawkinson (Washington State), Shaquielle McKissic (Arizona State), Stefan Nastic (Stanford).

PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMEN TEAM
Jordan Bell, Oregon
Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Tra Holder, Arizona State
Stanley Johnson, Arizona
Kevon Looney, UCLA  
Jordan McLaughlin, USC
Jakob Poeltl, Utah

PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Jordan Bell, Oregon
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona  
T.J. McConnell, Arizona  
Gary Payton II, Oregon State   
Delon Wright, Utah

Honorable Mention (receiving at least three votes): Shaquielle McKissic (Arizona State), Norman Powell (UCLA), Brandon Taylor (Utah).

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Joseph Young, Oregon
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Stanley Johnson, Arizona
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Gary Payton II, Oregon State
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Josh Hawkinson, Washington State
JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR: Dana Altman, Oregon