Wichita State’s Early, VanVleet earn All-America honors from coaches

Wichita State’s Cleanthony Early and Fred VanVleet added to their haul of post-season honors on Wednesday.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Early to its second-team All-America squad and VanVleet to the third team. Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins joined Early on the second team.

Early, a senior forward, averaged 16.4 points and 5.9 rebounds, ending his career with 31 points in Sunday’s loss to Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament. VanVleet, a sophomore guard, averaged 11.6 points and 5.4 assists.

Early was named to the USBWA All-America second team earlier this month. VanVleet, the Missouri Valley Conference’s Player of the Year, was named to The Sporting News’ third team.

This story was originally published March 26, 2014 at 8:50 AM with the headline "Wichita State’s Early, VanVleet earn All-America honors from coaches."