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Jaylon Tyson Named To All-Pac-12 First Team

by calbears.com
Mar 12, 2024
Jaylon Tyson (left) is Cal's first All-Pac-12 First Team selection in seven seasons.

LAS VEGAS – California's Jaylon Tyson was selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team, as the conference announced its 2023-24 men's basketball awards Tuesday.
 
Tyson – one of 10 players voted onto the All-Pac-12 First Team by the conference's coaches – is the first Golden Bear to earn a first-team selection since Ivan Rabb in 2016-17. The full list of 2023-24 Pac-12 men's basketball awards can be viewed on Pac-12.com.
 
The Plano, Texas, native established himself as one of the nation's most dynamic players in his first season at Cal, as he enters the Pac-12 Tournament as the only major-conference player averaging at least 19.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Tyson – one of 10 players shortlisted nationally for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award – finished the regular season ranked third in PPG and eighth in RPG among Pac-12 players, and totaled eight double-doubles, five of which were 20-point, 10-rebound performances.
 
Tyson's 2023-24 campaign ranks among Cal's greatest in terms of scoring. His 17 20-point games are the most by a Golden Bear since Jerome Randle (17) in 2009-10, and his 589 total points are the 12th most by a Cal player in a single season. Tyson is just four points shy of 10th on the program's single-season scoring list.
 
It's the first all-conference award for Tyson, who started his career at Texas and played for Texas Tech last season.

2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Awards
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Caleb Love, Sr., G, ARIZONA

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Adem Bona, So., F, UCLA

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Myles Rice, G, WASHINGTON STATE

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Maxime Raynaud, Jr., F, STANFORD

SIXTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Koren Johnson, So., G, WASHINGTON

JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR
Kyle Smith, WASHINGTON STATE

ALL-PAC-12 TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Oumar Ballo**, Arizona, C, R-Sr., Koulikoro, Mali
Adem Bona, UCLA, F, So., Ebonyi, Nigeria
Keion Brooks Jr., Washington, F, Gr., Fort Wayne, Ind.
Branden Carlson**, Utah, C, Sr., South Jordan, Utah
N'Faly Dante**, Oregon, C, Sr., Bamako, Mali
Isaac Jones, Washington State, F, 5th, Spanaway, Wash.
Caleb Love, Arizona, G, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.
Myles Rice, Washington State, G, R-Fr., Columbia, S.C.
KJ Simpson, Colorado, G, Jr., Panorama City, Calif.
Jaylon Tyson, California, G, Jr., Plano, Texas

SECOND TEAM
Jermaine Couisnard, Oregon, G, Sr., East Chicago, Ind.
Tristan da Silva, Colorado, F, Sr., Munich, Germany
Boogie Ellis, USC, G, 5th, San Diego, Calif.
Pelle Larsson, Arizona, G, Sr., Nacka, Sweden
Maxime Raynaud, Stanford, F, Jr., Paris, France

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Isaiah Collier, USC; Frankie Collins, ASU; Jordan Pope, OSU; Deivon Smith, UTAH; Jaylen Wells, WSU

* denotes number of All-Pac-12 First Team honors

PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Isaiah Collier, USC, G, Atlanta, Ga.
Sebastian Mack, UCLA, G, Chicago, Ill.
Myles Rice, Washington State, G, Columbia, S.C.
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon, G, West Linn, Ore.
Cody Williams, Colorado, F, Gilbert, Ariz.

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Kanaan Carlyle, STAN; KJ Lewis, ARIZ

PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Oumar Ballo, Arizona, C, R-Sr., Koulikoro, Mali
Adem Bona**, UCLA, F, So., Ebonyi, Nigeria
Frankie Collins, Arizona State, G, Jr., Sacramento, Calif.
N'Faly Dante, Oregon, C, Sr., Bamako, Mali
Kobe Johnson**, USC, G, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis.

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Keshad Johnson, ARIZ; Spencer Jones, STAN; Joshua Morgan, USC; KJ Simpson, COLO

* denotes number of All-Defensive Team honors

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