Notae and Williams Earn USBWA Honors
FAYETTEVILLE – JD Notae was named to the United States Basketball Writers Association All-America team (honorable mention) and was voted the USBWA Player of the Year for District VII. He and Jaylin Williams were additionally selected for the USBWA 10-person All-District VII team. (District VII includes all Division I programs in the states of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana).
Notae and Williams were both also selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 20 second team.
Notae is one of just five Razorbacks that have been named the USBWA All-America team, joining Ron Brewer (1978), Sidney Moncrief (1979), Bobby Portis (2015) and Corliss Williamson (1994 and ’95).
Notae joins Bobby Portis (2015) as the only Razorbacks to be named USBWA District Player of the Year. Notae and Williams make the sixth set of Razorback teammates to be named to the USBWA All-District team since its inception in 2004 and the duo is the first set of Arkansas teammates named to the NABC All-District team since 2018.
JD NOTAE HONORS
- ALL-AMERICA (third team — 1 of 24 on full team) by Associated Press
- ALL-AMERICAN (third team — 1 of 15 on full team) by The Sporting News
- ALL-AMERICAN (third team — 1 of 15 on full team) by The Field of 68
- ALL-AMERICAN (honorable mention — 1 of 20 on full team) by USBWA
- ALL-AMERICAN (honorable mention — 1 of 20 on full team) by CollegeHoopsToday.com
- ALL-AMERICAN (fifth team — 1 of 25 on full team) by ESPN’s Dick Vitale
- District VII Player of the Year (USBWA)
- All-District VII (USBWA)
- 2nd team All-District 20 (10 total players honored) by NABC
- 1st Team All-SEC (Coaches)
- 1st Team All-SEC (Associated Press – 1 of 3 unanimous picks)
- 1st Team All-SEC (USA TODAY Network – 1 of 2 unanimous picks)
- SEC Community Service Team
- National Player of the Week (Feb. 28) by ESPN and NCAA.com
- SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 28)
JAYLIN WILLIAMS HONORS
- ALL-GLUE TEAM (1 of 6 on the team) by The Athletic (Seth Davis)
- All-District VII (one 10-person team) by USBWA
- 2nd team All-District 20 (10 total players honored) by NABC
- 1st Team All-SEC (Coaches)
- SEC All-Defensive Team (Coaches)
- 2nd Team All-SEC (Associated Press)
- SEC co-Player of the Week (Jan. 24)
- SEC co-Player of the Week (Feb. 21)
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