BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont junior guard Trae Bell-Haynes was named an Associated Press (AP) All-America Honorable Mention on Tuesday. Bell-Haynes becomes the fifth Catamount to earn AP All-America honors and inks his spot in the record book next to UVM legends Marqus Blakely (2008 and 2009), Taylor Coppenrath (2003, 2004 and 2005), T.J. Sorrentine (2002), and Mike Evelti (1981).  
 
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Bell-Haynes adds another postseason award to his trophy case after he was named to the ECAC First Team and landed on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District I First Team last week. The junior captain also became the sixth Catamount to win America East Player of the Year and earned First Team All-Conference honors. He is also the third America East Player of the Year to win both the league's regular season and tournament crowns since 2004-05, joining Stony Brook's Jameel Warney last season and Coppenrath as the only players to accomplish the feat. 
 
He ranked third on the team with an 11.2 points per game average at season's end. In conference play, he posted 12.3 points per game and dealt 4.1 assists per contest. Among the league leaders, he closed out the year in fifth place with 65 assists and sat in 10th place with a 48.1% field goal percentage against league rivals. He eclipsed the 1,000-career point mark in UVM's 71-64 win at Stony Brook on Jan. 28. Bell-Haynes recorded 15 points, seven rebounds, and six assists in his NCAA Tournament debut against AP First Team All-America selection Caleb Swanigan and the fourth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers.
 
Vermont finished the season with a 29-6 record with three of its defeats coming to teams who made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament – Purdue, Butler, and Final Four bound South Carolina. UVM also became the first team to sweep the league's major awards.
 
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2017 Associated Press All-America Team
First Team
*Lonzo Ball, UCLA, 6-6, Fr., Chino Hills, Calif.
*Josh Hart, Villanova, 6-5, Sr., Silver Springs, Md.
Justin Jackson, North Carolina, 6-8, Jr., Tomball, Texas
*Frank Mason III, Kansas, 5-11, Sr., Petersburg, Va.
*Caleb Swanigan, Purdue, 6-9, So., Fort Wayne, Ind.
* Unanimous
 
Second Team
Dillon Brooks, Oregon, 6-7, Jr., Mississauga, Ontario
Luke Kennard, Duke, 6-6, So., Franklin, Ohio
Malik Monk, Kentucky, 6-3, Fr., Lepanto, Ark.
Johnathan Motley, Baylor, 6-10, Jr. Houston
Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga, 6-3, Jr., Happy Valley, Ore.
 
Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)
Ian Baker, New Mexico State; Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont; Evan Bradds, Belmont; Gian Clavell, Colorado State; T.J. Cline, Richmond; Patrick Cole, N.C. Central; Mike Daum, South Dakota State; Angel Delgado, Seton Hall; Jawun Evans, Oklahoma State; Nana Foulland, Bucknell; De'Aaron Fox, Kentucky; Jerome Frink, LIU Brooklyn; Kevin Hervey, Texas-Arlington; Isaiah Johnson, Akron; Keon Johnson, Winthrop; Peter Jok, Iowa; Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga; Marcus Keene, Central Michigan; Jock Landale, Saint Mary's; TJ Leaf, UCLA; Paris Lee, Illinois State; Zach Lofton, Texas Southern; Donovan Mitchell, Louisville; Dallas Moore, North Florida; Monte Morris, Iowa State; Luke Nelson, UC Irvine; Semi Ojeleye, SMU; Alec Peters, Valparaiso; Justin Robinson, Monmouth; Devin Sibley, Furman; Dennis Smith Jr., N.C. State; Erik Thomas, New Orleans; Sindarius Thornwell, South Carolina; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Spencer Weisz, Princeton; Jacob Wiley, Eastern Washington; JaCorey Williams, Middle Tennessee; T.J. Williams, Northeastern.