Payne Named Associated Press All-America

Murray State's Cameron Payne was named Honorable Mention to the 2015 Associated Press' 2014-15 All-America team.

Payne and the Racers had a tremendous 2014-15 season that saw the team finish 29-6 and become the first team in school history to go undefeated in Ohio Valley Conference play at 16-0, as just the fifth in the 67 seasons of the league. MSU had the nation's second-longest win streak to set a new league record with 25 straight. The Racers were upset in the OVC Tournament title game and ended up advancing to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament.

Payne, a sophomore from Memphis, was OVC Preseason Player of the Year and didn't disappoint as he played outstanding basketball and was named OVC Player of the Year at the end of the regular season. Payne became the second fastest in MSU history to reach 1,000 career points, accomplishing it in 57 games. He is the fifth MSU player to score 700 points in a single season at 707. He also made a run at the single-season assist mark of 212, and finished with 209. Payne was 13^thin the nation in scoring (20.2) and 15^th in assists this season (6.0). Payne was the third most efficient player in the nation according to KenPom.com

Payne is the first Racer to earn AP All-America honors since Isaiah Canaan in 2013.

MSU All-America Selections
Etheridge McKeel - 1938
Bob Salmons - 1941
Joe Fulks - 1943
Garrett Beshear - 1951
Bennie Purcell - 1952
Howie Crittenden - 1956
Stewart Johnson - 1966
Dick Cunningham - 1968
Jeffery Martin - 1989
Popeye Jones - 1992
Marcus Brown - 1994
Cuthbert Victor - 2004
Isaiah Canaan - 2012
Isaiah Canaan - 2013
Cameron Payne - 2015

2015 AP All-Americans
First Team
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky
D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State

Second Team
Delon Wright, Utah
Karl-Anthony Towns, Kentucky
Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa
Bobby Portis, Arkansas
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia

Third Team
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga

Honorable Mention
Lawrence Alexander, North Dakota State
Justin Anderson, Virginia
Ryan Arcidiacono, Villanova
Ron Baker, Wichita State
Jalen Cannon, St. Francis, Brooklyn
Karl Cochran, Wofford
Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Quinn Cook, Duke
Kris Dunn, Providence
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Rico Gathers, Baylor
Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern
Anthony Gill, Virginia
Kendall Gray, Delaware State
Ty Greene, S.C.-Upstate
Olivier Hanlan, Boston College
Montrezl Harrell, Louisville
Martez Harrison, UMKC
Tyler Harvey, Eastern Washington
Corey Hawkins, UC Davis
Tyler Haws, BYU
LaDontae Henton, Providence
Darrun Hilliard, Villanova
R.J. Hunter, Georgia State
Stanley Johnson, Arizona
Tyus Jones, Duke
Tyler Kalinoski, Davidson
Tim Kempton, Lehigh
David Laury, Iona
Damon Lynn, NJIT
Derrick Marks, Boise State
Jerell Martin, LSU
T.J. McConnell, Arizona
Mikh McKinney, Sacramento State
Nic Moore, SMU; Justin Moss, Buffalo
Saah Nimley, Charleston Southern
Cameron Payne, Murray State
Chasson Randle, Stanford
Justin Sears, Yale
Kenneth "Speedy" Smith, Louisiana Tech
Keifer Sykes, Green Bay
Marcus Thornton, William & Mary
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Fred VanVleet, Wichita State
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin
Jameel Warney, Stony Brook
Dez Wells, Maryland
Joseph Young, Oregon

Players Mentioned

Jeff Martin Jr.

Cameron Payne

Murray State University