(San Francisco, CA) Sun Devil Men’s Basketball junior guard Frankie Collinsreceived recognition for his outstanding performance in 2023-24 as the Pac-12 Conference announced their postseason awards on Tuesday afternoon.
Collins was named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Defensive Team while also earning Honorable Mention Pac-12 All-Conference honors, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. He becomes the first Sun Devil to land on the All-Defensive Team since Zylan Cheatham and Lu Dort represented two of the five selections in 2018-2019. For the seventh consecutive year, Head Coach Bobby Hurley had one of his players receive All-Conference distinction. Guard Desmond Cambridge Jr. was a Second Team All-Conference selection in 2022-2023.
Not only did Collins put together a season that made him worthy of consideration for Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, he was one of the best all-around players in the entire conference. He led the Maroon and Gold in scoring, assists, and steals while grabbing the second-most rebounds. Collins was extremely durable and reliable throughout the season. He was the only Sun Devil to start all 31 games and he reached double digit points in 28 of those. Collins already has 83 steals this season, the most by a Pac-12 player since Matisse Thybulle (Washington) had 126 during the 2018-19 season.
2024 PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Frankie Collins, Arizona State
Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Adem Bona, UCLA
N’Faly Dante, Oregon
Kobe Johnson, USC
RECORD SETTER
Frankie Collins made history in the matchup with Washington in February. He finished the game with three steals, making him the single-season record holder at Arizona State for steals in a season. Collins broke Lafayette Lever’s 42-year-old previous record of 76 steals set in 1982. He continues to add to his record, currently sitting at 83 total steals. He is 8 steals away from cracking the Top-10 in the Pac-12 Conference’s single-season record book.
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
Arizona State will face No. 6 seed Utah as the No. 11 seed in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference Tournament, which will take place March 13-16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The winner of the first round contest will take on No. 3 seed Colorado on Thursday, March 14 at 8:30 PM MST on FS1.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Connor Smith
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