By Annie Walker
2/15/2024
Holmes One Of 30 Top Players Named To Team
2024 Naismith Player of the Year Mid-season Team
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ATLANTA – University of Dayton junior forward DaRon Holmes II has been named to the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Midseason Team. Selected by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club, the list is the 30 leading candidates for the 2024 Naismith Trophy.
Holmes joins Max Abmas of Texas, Armando Bacot of North Carolina, Johni Broom of Auburn, Boo Buie of Northwestern, Devin Carter of Providence, L.J. Cryer of Houston, Johnell Davis of Florida Atlantic, RJ Davis of North Carolina, Hunter Dickinson of Kansas, Zach Edey of Purdue, Kyle Filipowski of Duke, PJ Hall of Clemson, David Jones of Memphis, Dalton Knecht of Tennessee, Tyler Kolek of Marquette, Jaedon LeDee of San Diego State, Tamin Lipsey of Iowa State, Caleb Love of Arizona, Kevin McKullar, Jr. of Kansas, Tristen Newton of UConn, Antonio Reeves of Kentucky, Baylor Scheierman of Creighton, Mark Sears of Alabama, Jamal Shead of Houston, KJ Simpson of Colorado, Braden Smith of Purdue, Isaiah Stevens of Colorado State, Wade Taylor IV of Texas A&M and Tyson Walker of Michigan State.
The Flyer junior is one of just eight underclassmen on the 30-man team.
He is also on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List, and has been named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week three times. He was on the USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week five-man team for the week ending Jan. 21. He was also named the National Player of the Week by NCAA March Madness on Jan. 15, and by College Sports Insider’s Lute Olson Award on Feb. 5
The 6-10 forward is also a finalist for the second consecutive season for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Karl Malone Award, which goes to the top power forward in college basketball.
Holmes leads the A-10 in scoring (19.6) and UD in rebounding (7.9). He is the only player in the league’s Top 12 in scoring, rebounding, FG%, and blocked shots.
He is the only player in D-I who has more than 50 blocks, 50 dunks and 50 assists. Holmes has 54, 54 and 60 respectively. Holmes also has 23 threes and is shooting .365 (23-63) from deep. He had a total of seven made threes in his first two seasons at UD.
Dayton, ranked 16th/18th in this week’s AP and Coaches polls, is 20-4 overall and hosts Fordham Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET in UD’s annual Hall of Fame Game.
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