March 05, 2006
Texas A&M sophomore Dominique Kirk has been named to the Big 12 All-Underrated Team and junior Antanas Kavaliauskas was been tabbed for the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team by a panel of sportswriters who regularly cover the league.
The panel also selected All-Freshman, All-Defense, All-Reserve and All-Improved teams.
The coaches' All-Big 12 teams and honors are scheduled to be released by the Big 12 Conference office on Monday.
Kirk has started in all 58 games in his A&M career and has emerged as one of the Big 12's top defensive players. This season, he has averaged 6.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 steals. Kirk has made 38.9 percent from three-point range and leads the team with 44 three-point field goals.
A junior college transfer, Kavaliauskas has played in 26 games, averaging 6.1 points and 3.2 rebounds. He also is making a team-best 59.3 percent from the field. A&M is 11-0 when Kavaliauskas scored at least seven points and he has scored in double figures in three of the last five games.
The complete Big 12 Specialty Teams:
All-Freshman (tie in voting)
A.J. Abrams, Texas
Mario Chalmers, Kansas
Curtis Jerrells, Baylor
Brandon Rush, Kansas
Jamel White, Nebraska
Julian Wright, Kansas
All-Newcomer (transfer)
Mario Boggan, Oklahoma State
David Hoskins, Kansas State
Torre Johnson, Oklahoma State
Mike Neal, Oklahoma
Antanas Kavaliuskas, Texas A&M
All-Defense (tie in voting)
LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas
Mario Chalmers, Kansas
Marcus Dove, Oklahoma State
Daniel Gibson, Texas
Russell Robinson, Kansas
Curtis Stinson, Iowa State
All-Reserve
A.J. Abrams, Texas
Torre Johnson, Oklahoma State
Martane Freeman, Colorado
Michael Neal, Oklahoma
Jamel White, Nebraska
All-Underrated
Brad Buckman, Texas
Rahshon Clark, Iowa State
Dominque Kirk, Texas A&M
Kenton Paulino, Texas
Wes Wilkerson, Nebraska
All-Improved
LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas
Thomas Gardner, Missouri
Aleks Maric, Nebraska
Cartier Martin, Kansas State
David Monds, Oklahoma State