1988 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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The Consensus 1988 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

1988 Consensus All-America team

**Consensus First Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Sean Elliott	F	Junior	Arizona
Gary Grant	G	Senior	Michigan
Hersey Hawkins	G	Senior	Bradley
Danny Manning	F	Senior	Kansas
J.R. Reid	F/C	Sophomore	North Carolina

**Consensus Second Team**
Player	Position	Class	Team
Danny Ferry	F	Junior	Duke
Jerome Lane	F	Junior	Pittsburgh
Mark Macon	G	Freshman	Temple
Mitch Richmond	G	Senior	Kansas State
Rony Seikaly	C	Senior	Syracuse
Michael Smith	F/C	Junior	Brigham Young

AP Honorable Mention:

On February 28, 1988, GTE and CoSIDA announced the 1988 Academic All-America team, with Michael Smith headlining the University Division as the first men's college basketball Academic All-American of the Year. The following is the 1987–88 GTE Academic All-America Men's Basketball Team (University Division) as selected by CoSIDA:

**First Team**
Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Alec Kessler	Georgia	Sophomore	3.84 Genetics
Tim Legler	La Salle	Senior	3.40 Finance/Management Information
Shon Morris	Northwestern	Senior	3.51 Human Development and Social Policy Organizational Studies
Derek Rucker	Davidson	Senior	3.30 Economics
Michael Smith	Brigham Young	Junior	3.67 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Dental

**Second Team**
Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Keith Balderston	Oregon	Senior	3.63 Pre-Medicine
Paul Crawford	Texas A&M	Senior	3.88 Mechanical Engineering
Jeff Harris	Illinois State	Senior	3.70 Chemistry
Bo Heiden	Bucknell	Junior	3.70 Electrical Engineering
Ray Willis	Montana State	Senior	3.45 Speech Communications

**Third Team**
Player	School	Class	GPA and major
Mike Butts	Bucknell	Junior	3.30 Mechanical Engineering
Scott Haffner	Evansville	Junior	3.34 Business Administration
Steve Martenet	Bowling Green	Senior	3.78 Business/Pre-Law
Peter Runge	Manhattan	Sophomore	3.80 Business
Dean Smith	Maine	Sophomore	3.92 Electrical Engineering

NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137
"AP All-America Teams". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
"USBWA Men's All-Americans". Sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
All-America - Division I (1980's)
2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
"Manning, Hawkins top All-America basketball team". Tri City Herald. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
"Academic All-Americans". The Lewiston Daily Sun. March 1, 1988. Retrieved September 25, 2011.

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