KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –Chaz Lanier of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team is a John R. Wooden Award All-American, as revealed Tuesday night on ESPN.
Lanier is one of 10 individuals who made the cut. He is joined by Auburn’s Johni Broome, Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr., Houston’s L.J. Cryer, Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Marquette’s Kam Jones, Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner, Alabama’s Mark Sears, Purdue’s Braden Smith and Wisconsin’s John Tonje.
This is the second consecutive year Tennessee has a Wooden Award All-American, as Lanier follows 2023-24 designee Dalton Knecht.
The selection process is overseen by a National Advisory Board, which compiles a National Ballot featuring the top candidates who meet the award’s criteria, including a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00. This ballot is distributed to a panel of voters composed of sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country. Deloitte collects and verifies these votes to maintain the integrity and accuracy of the final results.
A fifth-year guard, Lanier was previously tabbed an NABC Third Team All-American and a The Sporting News Third Tean All-American. He is a finalist for the Jerry West Award, given to the nation’s premier shooting guard.
Lanier averaged 18.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game during his lone campaign as a Volunteer. He set the program single-season record with 123 made 3-pointers, good for the sixth-most in a year in SEC history.
The Nashville, Tenn., native scored 17-plus points in 25 of his 38 outings in a Tennessee uniform, notching 20-plus in 15 and 25-plus in six. He hit multiple 3-pointers 32 times, with at least three in 23 appearances, four-plus in 15, five-plus in nine, six-plus in five and seven-plus twice.
Lanier is fourth nationally in total made 3-pointers, including first among Power Five players. He is also No. 16 in total made field goals with 243, good for second-most in the SEC. The 6-foot-5, 207-pounder is also sixth in the SEC in scoring.
The sharpshooter helped Tennessee to a 30-8 (12-6 SEC) record and an appearance in the Elite Eight. It marked the first time in program history the Volunteers reached the 30-win plateau and played in the regional final in the same season.
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2024-25 JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
Johni Broome, Auburn (Wooden Award finalist)
Walter Clayton Jr., Florida (Wooden Award finalist)
L.J. Cryer, Houston
Cooper Flagg, Duke (Wooden Award finalist)
Kam Jones, Marquette
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Chaz Lanier, Tennessee
Mark Sears, Alabama (Wooden Award finalist)
Braden Smith, Purdue (Wooden Award finalist)
John Tonje, Wisconsin
