KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht has officially earned the title of consensus First Team All-American, becoming just the fourth player in Tennessee history with that distinction.
Knecht earned the honor after being voted a First Team All-American by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
The fifth-year guard joins Grant Williams (2018-19), Dale Ellis (1982-83) and Bernard King (1976-77) as the latest Tennessee player to be named a consensus All-American. Knecht and Williams both earned the honor under head coach Rick Barnes.
Knecht is also just the fifth former junior college player to earn this distinction, and the first since UNLV's Larry Johnson did so in the 1990-91 season.
In Knecht's lone season with the Vols, the SEC Player of the Year and First-Team All-SEC selection leads the nation with three 39+ point games and five 35+ point games. His 25.5 points per game in conference play was the highest average the SEC had seen since the 2009-10 season.
Knecht averaged 21.4 points per game over 31 regular season games played for Tennessee this season, along with 4.8 rebounds per game.
The Thornton, Colorado native is also a finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award and was a two-time USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week selection.