Four Kentucky signees named Naismith All-Americans

Four University of Kentucky men's basketball signees were honored as Naismith All-American selectionsTuesday, including five-star point guard De’Aaron Fox, who was named a first-team player.

Edrice “Bam” Adebayo and Malik Monk are second-team All-Americans, and Wenyen Gabriel was named to the third team.

Fox is also a finalist for the Naismith player of the year award, which will be announced Thursday. The other finalists for that honor are Fox’s fellow first-team selections Lonzo Ball (UCLA), Miles Bridges (Michigan State), Jayson Tatum (Duke) and Josh Jackson, who has narrowed his school list to Arizona, Kansas and Michigan State.

This story was originally published March 8, 2016 at 6:58 PM with the headline "Four Kentucky signees named Naismith All-Americans."