Two Pitt players were honored early on Sunday when the Big East Conference announced their season ending awards.
Senior point guard was named to the All-Big East Third Team on Sunday, following a vote of the league’s 15 head coaches. In addition, freshman Steven Adams was named to the league’s six-member All-Rookie Team.
Woodall was a preseason honorable mention and had a very good final season in a Pitt uniform, averaging 11.7 points and 5.3 assists on the season, leading the Panther to a 24-7 record and a fourth place finish in the Big East. In addition, he led the Pitt team in scoring, assists, minutes played, three-point shooting and steals. Woodall scored in double-figures 21 times this season, including a streak of 10 consecutive games to close out the regular season.
He also became the seventh player in school history to score 1,000 points and dish out 500 assists in a career and ranks among Pitt’s career leaders in games played (137), double figure assist games (nine), point-assist double figure games (seven), assists (576), steals (116) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.13).
Adams is Pitt’s first Big East All-Rookie Team selection since DeJuan Blair in 2007-08. The freshman was the preseason Big East Rookie of the Year, and Adams leads the Panthers in rebounding (6.2 rpg.), blocked shots (62) and field goal percentage (.578). He averaged 7.1 points to go along with the 6.2 rebounds and started all 30 games he played in this season.
The All-Big East Conference teams are as follows:
ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut, G
*Otto Porter, Jr., Georgetown, F
Gorgui Dieng, Louisville, C
Russ Smith, Louisville, G
Jack Cooley, Notre Dame, F
Bryce Cotton, Providence, G
ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati, G
Vander Blue, Marquette, G
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame, G
Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse, G
C.J. Fair, Syracuse, F
ALL-BIG EAST THIRD TEAM
Markel Starks, Georgetown, G
Peyton Siva, Louisville, G
Tray Woodall, Pittsburgh, G
Brandon Triche, Syracuse, G
JayVaughn Pinkston, Villanova, F
BIG EAST HONORABLE MENTION
Davonte Gardner, Marquette, F
Kadeem Batts, Providence, F
JaKarr Sampson, St. John’s, F
Fuquan Edwin, Seton Hall, F
BIG EAST ALL-ROOKIE TEAM^
Omar Calhoun, Connecticut, G
D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Georgetown, G
Steven Adams, Pittsburgh, C
Chris Obekpa, St. John’s, C
*JaKarr Sampson, St. John’s, F
*Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova, G
*Denotes unanimous selection.
^Due to a tie in the voting, an additional position was named.
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