Roddy Named Third-Team All-American By Sports Illustrated

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado State junior forward David Roddy was named a Third Team All-American, as announced by the publication today. He is the only non-Power 5 or Gonzaga player on any of the three teams announced. He is the fifth CSU player ever to be recognized as an All-American

"That's an awesome achievement to be recognized by Sports Illustrated," Roddy said. "I grew up reading their magazines and for them to recognize me as an All-American is just an honor and a childhood dream as well. I never thought I'd get it, honestly, but it is pretty special."

"This is a well-deserved honor for David," Head Coach Niko Medved said. "When you are the best player on one of the best teams in a top league in the country, it is something that has been earned. He has played at an elite level on a team that has had great success so far this year. I couldn't be more proud of him and all he has accomplished and will in the future."

Earlier this week, he was named the Mountain West Player of the Year by the league's coaches and media in two separate polls. Just the third conference player of the year pick in CSU history joining Gian Clavell (2017-MW) and Mike Mitchell (1990-WAC), Roddy earned the consensus honors from both the media and the coaches' separate selections. Also a finalist for the Wooden and Malone awards, the Minneapolis, Minn., native finished third in the league in conference scoring at 19.5 points per game, sixth in rebounding at 7.6 and first in field goal percentage at 57.5 percent. He was also 13^th with 2.8 assists per game, eighth in blocks at 1.1 and 17^th in minutes at 32.4 per contest. He became the 31^st player in CSU history to reach 1,000 career points and is currently 10th with 1,358 points. He has seven double-doubles on the year and was named the USVI Paradise Jam MVP after averaging 31.0 points per game in leading CSU to the title with wins over Bradley, Creighton and Northeastern. During that tournament he had two 30+ point games, including a career-high 36 against Creighton.

In league play, he was sixth in scoring at 19.06 points per game, fifth in rebounding at 7.61, first in field goal percentage at 56.6 percent from the floor and 12^th with 3.06 assists per contest. He had a high of 31 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field along with nine rebounds and three steals in the win at New Mexico in his first game in The Pit. He scored in double figures in 17 of 18 league games, including nine of 20 or more. Most recently, he had a game-high 23 points, four rebounds and two assists in a home win over league champion Boise State to sweep the season series with the Broncos.

Roddy was one of the leaders for a CSU squad that recorded 24 wins in the regular season, tied for the third most in a single season, while the 14 conference wins ties the school record set by last year's team. The Rams were 14-1 at home this year, playing in front of a school-record five consecutive sellouts to end the regular season and a Mountain West era record for attendance. For the season, CSU led in scoring offense, scoring margin, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio.

The second seed in the tournament, CSU opens the 2022 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Championship on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. MT, playing the winner of the No. 7 Utah State and No. 10 Air Force on Wednesday afternoon. The Rams enter the Mountain West championship with an 11-3 record against Quad 1 and 2 teams this season.

First Team
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Johnny Davis, Wisconsin
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
Keegan Murray, Iowa
Jabari Smith, Auburn

Second Team
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga
Paolo Banchero, Duke
Jaden Ivey, Purdue
E.J. Liddell, Ohio State

Third Team
David Roddy, Colorado State
Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona
Tari Eason, LSU
Walker Kessler, Auburn

Previous CSU All-Americans
2017       Gian Clavell (AP Honorable Mention)
2013       Colton Iverson (AP Honorable Mention)
1965       Lonnie Wright (AP Honorable Mention)
1963       Bill Green (Consensus Second Team, AP Third Team, USBWA First Team, NABC First Team,
                UPI Third Team, NEA First Team)

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