Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk Awarded First Team A.P. All-American

Gonzaga's 7 foot red-shirt junior center Kelly "KO" Olynyk has been named First Team All American by the Associated Press. He averaged 17.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, and hit 64.7 percent of his shots for the Zags.

He is just the third Zag ever to be voted to the first team, joining Dan Dicau, who won it in 2002, and Adam Morrison, who won in 2006. He also is the first Canadian ever to be awarded first team honors. Olynyk hails from Kamloops, B.C.

In 20012/13 Gonzaga went 32-2, received their first #1 ranking, and first #1 seed for the N.C.A.A Tournament in school history. Olynyk also had a great year personally, which possibly helped him garner nation-wide attention from the press. He also made the John Wooden All-American Top 10 list, Sporting News All-American, and was voted West Coast Conference Player of the Year.

Congrats KO!!~

*The other first team All Americans were Michigan’s Trey Burke, Georgetown’s Otto Porter, Indiana’s Victor Oladipo, and Creighton’s Doug McDermott.