SPORTING NEWS – University of Dayton forward DaRon Holmes II has been named to the Second Team Sporting News All-America Team, it was announced today.

It already is the third All-America honor for the junior from Goodyear, Ariz.  He was also named Third Team All-American by Jeff Borzello of ESPN.com and Field of 68.

He leads the A-10 in scoring (20.2) and UD in rebounding (8.3).  He is the only player in the league's top six in scoring, rebounding, FG%, and blocked shots.  After making just seven three-pointers in his first two seasons (and shooting .269 from deep), Holmes has made 29 this season, and is shooting .387 from beyond the arc.

Nationally, Holmes is one of two players in NCAA Division I who has more than 60 blocks, 60 dunks and 60 assists this season.  Zach Edey is the other.  Holmes has 63, 64 and 75 respectively.  He is on the active national player of the year watch lists for the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Naismith Trophy, the Los Angeles Athletic Club's Wooden Award and the USBWA's Oscar Robertson Trophy, as well as a finalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame's Karl Malone award.  

In the Atlantic 10, he was named conference co-player of the year, Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Atlantic 10.

Dayton, ranked 24th in this week's Associated Press and Coaches Polls, finished the regular season 24-6 overall and 14-4 in the Atlantic 10.  UD's four conference losses were by a total of 16 points, and the two non-conference defeats were at the hands of Houston and at Northwestern.  

The Flyers are the No. 3 seed in this week's Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship in Brooklyn.  Dayton will play its first game of the tournament on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET against a team that will emerge from sixth seed Duquesne, 11th seed Rhode Island and 14th seed Saint Louis.