Purdue senior Robbie Hummel continued to add to his postseason accolades on Wednesday when he was named All-District 7 in an announcement by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
The all-district honor is the second of Hummel’s career by the NABC, as he also earned the distinction in 2010.
The Valparaiso, Ind., native leads the Boilermakers in both scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounds (7.1 rpg), ranking fifth and fourth in the Big Ten, respectively, in those categories. He also leads the team with an average of 1.2 blocks per game and owns a 2.17 assist-to-turnover ratio for the season.
He has six double-doubles and eight 20-point games on the season, having reached the mark in four of his last nine games. Hummel was named a first-team All-Big Ten honoree for the third time in his career on March 5, and earned Big Ten Co-Player of the Week honors on Feb. 27.
Hummel will enter this week’s NCAA Tournament ranked ninth in Purdue history in scoring (1,736), sixth in rebounds (846), fifth in three-point field goals (209) and seventh in blocks (111). He is the lone active player in the Big Ten with 1,700 points and 800 rebounds for his career.
The 10th-seeded Boilermakers will square off with No. 7 seed Saint Mary’s at 7:27 p.m. ET on Friday at CenturyLink Center Omaha in the second round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. TruTV will televise the action with Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Craig Sager on the mics, while Larry Clisby and Rob Blackman will call the game for the Purdue Sports Network.