Full USBWA Release

The honors continue to roll in for Butler senior forward Kelan Martin, who has been selected to the All-District Team by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The USBWA made the announcement Tuesday, March 6. 

For each of the nine geographic districts, ten players are selected (11 or 12 in the case of ties) as well as a player and coach of the year. District V includes universities based in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

The USBWA All-District Teams are based on voting from its national membership of 900-plus. The USBWA has selected All-District Teams since the 1956-57 season, its founding year.

On Sunday, Martin was named a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team in a vote of the conference's head coaches. Martin led the BIG EAST in scoring during conference play at 23.6 points per game.

Martin has four 30-point games this season, all coming against BIG EAST opponents. He also has 19 games of scoring 20 or more points, including 12 of the team's 18 conference games.

The 6-7 forward now has 1,961 career points. With his 35 points Saturday night at Seton Hall, he passed both Matt Howard and Dunham to move into third place on Butler's all-time scoring list. His 657 points during his senior campaign are already fifth on Butler's single-season list.

Through 31 games, Martin is averaging 21.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season. He is shooting 85.8 percent from the free throw line and 37 percent from three-point range. His percentage from behind the arc increases to 43 percent in BIG EAST play where his 58 three-pointers in 18 conference games are second in the league.

The Bulldogs open BIG EAST Tournament play Thursday with a quarterfinal match-up against third-seeded Seton Hall. Butler finished the regular season with a record of 19-12, including a 9-9 mark in BIG EAST play. The Bulldogs are the No. 6 in the upcoming BIG EAST Tournament.
 

District V

Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State Trevon Bluiett, Xavier Miles Bridges, Michigan State Gary Clark, Cincinnati Carsen Edwards, Purdue Vincent Edwards, Purdue Ethan Haap, Wisconsin Kelan Martin, Butler Juwan Morgan, Indiana Moritz Wagner, Michigan Cassius Winston, Michigan State