University of Tennessee Athletics
Slay Named Third-Team AP All-America; Stribling to Transfer
April 03, 2003 | Men's Basketball
April 3, 2003
The Associated Press named Tennessee's Ron Slay to its third team All-America squad. The AP announced its All-America teams Thursday afternoon.
Slay, a senior forward from Nashville, was named the AP's SEC Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring with 21.2 points per game and ranking third in rebounding with 7.8 rebounds per game. He is the first Vol to earn All-America honors from the Associated Press since Allan Houston was also a third team selection in 1993 when he led the SEC in scoring with 22.3 points per game.
Slay is joined on the third-team by Keith Bogans (Kentucky), Brian Cook (Illinois), Reece Gaines (Louisville) and Kirk Hinrich (Kansas).
David West, who is Xavier's first All-America selection, was the leading vote-getter on the All-America teams. He is joined on the first team by Nick Collison (Kansas), T.J. Ford (Texas), Josh Howard (Wake Forest) and Dwyane Wade (Marquette). Second team selections included Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse), Troy Bell (Boston College), Jason Gardner (Arizona), Kyle Korver (Creighton) and Hollis Price (Oklahoma).
Stribling To Leave Vol Basketball Team
Sophomore forward Derek Stribling has decided to leave the University of Tennessee basketball program and transfer to another
school, head coach Buzz Peterson announced today.
? Derek wants to go to a situation where he can have an opportunity for more playing time,? Peterson said. ?We want what is best for him and will help
him find a situation that he feels will be a good fit for him.?
Stribling, a native of Tallahassee, Fla., averaged 2.7 points and 1.6 rebounds for the Vols this season. The 6-foot-6 forward started eight of
his 27 games and had a career-high 11 points against New Mexico on Jan. 4.
Basketball Team?s Trip To Australia Canceled
The Tennessee basketball team?s trip to Australia next month has been canceled due to unrest in the world. The Vols planned to
play five games in Sydney and Melbourne over a period of 10 days in late May.
? The country is on a high terrorism alert, we?re at war with Iraq and with the SARS epidemic going on, we felt that the right thing to do was to delay
the trip until some time in the future,? said Mike Hamilton, UT senior associate athletic director. ?In this type of a climate, taking more than
30 people halfway around the world was a bigger risk than we want to take at this time.?
