Barlow-Wilcox Garners 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Third Team Honors

Mar. 1 - (PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Carnegie Mellon senior men’s basketball player Clayton Barlow-Wilcox (Brookline, Mass./Brookline) earned Third Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). CoSIDA recognizes outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments by honoring deserving athletes with All-Academic recognition.

Barlow-Wilcox was named to the First Team All-Region All-Academic District II team in early February, allowing his name to be placed on the national ballot.

The Academic All-America Teams program honors 816 male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

Barlow-Wilcox’s 15.8 points per contest is sixth best in the University athletic Association (UAA) and the teams’ second best. Barlow-Wilcox has a team leading 8.6 rebounds per game, which is good enough for third best in the league. Clayton scored in double figures 19 times and has recorded nine double-doubles during the season. He had a career high 31 points coming January 22 against Emory University.

Barlow-Wilcox scored his 1,000th career point in the Tartans 89-85 double overtime win at New York University Sunday, January 8, becoming just the 16th Tartan to reach 1,000 points for his career. He now has 1,186 points for his career ranking him ninth on the Tartans all-time scoring list. Barlow-Wilcox also became the ninth player in school history to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career in the Tartans 94-81 victory over Christopher Newport Saturday, January 14. He now has 599 rebounds for his career ranking ninth all-time.