Kentucky’s fabulous freshmen have made more history.Freshman stars John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins have been named first-team Associated Press All-Americans, becoming the first freshman teammates in AP history to make the first team. Wall and Cousins joined Ohio State’s Evan Turner, Syracuse’s Wes Johnson and Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds on the first team. In making the AP first-team, the freshmen break UK’s 12-year drought without a first-team AP All-American. Guard Jodie Meeks made the second team last year, but UK has not had an AP first-teamer since Ron Mercer was selected in 1997.”This means a lot to both of us. I’m surprised and glad we both made it,” Wall said, according to an AP wire story. “We had to learn a lot as freshmen and we were able to help our teammates along the way. This means a lot to both of us.The freshman stars join the likes of Mercer, Jamal Mashburn, Kenny Walker, Kyle Macy and more as Kentucky players to make the AP first team.”It’s important to me but it wasn’t something I was expecting,” Cousins said, according to the AP wire report. “This means a lot because all we really did was try to come in and help our teammates.” We should have  full news release on the home page shortly.

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