PJ Washington Named All-America Third Team By Sporting News

Kentucky’s PJ Washington has been named to the Sporting News All-America Third Team.

Here are details from UK:

LEXINGTON, Ky. – After helping lead the Kentucky men’s basketball team to a No. 2 seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament and a 26-win regular season, sophomore forward PJ Washington opened awards season on Monday with selection to the Sporting News All-America Third Team.

Washington is the first Wildcat to earn All-America distinction by the publication since Malik Monk was a second-team choice in 2017. The Sporting News is one of the four “major” NCAA-recognized All-America teams that the NCAA uses for its consensus All-America teams. The other three are the Associated Press,…