Reed, who together lead Pitt to an undefeated national championship season, were Pitt's first Consensus All-Americans in 1928. The other consensus first-team All-Americans include Don Smith, Claire Cribbs, Don Hennon, and DeJuan Blair. In addition, Don Hennon, Billy Knight and Jerome Lane received Consensus Second Team All-American status. Honorable Mention All-Americans 1979 Sam Clancy, AP 1988 Charles Smith, AP, UPI 2003 Brandin Knight, AP 2004 Carl Krauser, AP 2008 Sam Young, AP 2009 Levance Fields, AP 2011 Ashton Gibbs, AP & Brad Wanamaker, AP Freshman All-Americans 1978 Sam Clancy, Second Team 1985 Charles Smith, First Team 2004 Chris Taft, Second Team 2008 DeJuan Blair (consensus pick, but not for a particular team) Academic awards Two Pitt players have earned Academic All-American status from the College Sports Information Directors of America. Three Pitt players have earned the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships which are awarded annually to select student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. Academic All-Americans Peter Strickland, 1978 Joey David, 1986 NCAA Postgraduate scholarship winners Thomas Richards, 1976 Joseph David, 1986 Darren Morningstar, 1992 Other awards Orlando Antigua was selected as the USBWA Most Courageous Athlete in 1994. Conference honors Player of the Year Charles Smith, 1987–88 Brandin Knight (co), 2001–02 DeJuan Blair (co), 2008–09 Most Improved Player Ricardo Greer (co), 1999–00 Brandin Knight, 2001–02 Carl Krauser, 2003–04 Aaron Gray, 2005–06 Sam Young, 2007–08 Ashton Gibbs, 2009–10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Joe David, 1984–85 Darren Morningstar, 1991–92 Aaron Gray, 2006–07 Cameron Wright, 2013–14 Sportsmanship Award Jaron Brown, 2003–04 Ronald Ramon (co), 2007–08 Brad Wanamaker, 2010–11 Coach of the Year Ben Howland, 2001–02 Jamie Dixon, 2003–04 Rookie of the Year Charles Smith, 1984–85 Sean Miller, 1987–88 Brian Shorter, 1988–89 Chris Taft, 2003–04 DeJuan Blair (co), 2007–08 Tournament MVP Lennie McMillian, Eastern 8 1981 Clyde Vaughan, Eastern 8 1982 Julius Page, Big East 2003 Sam Young, Big East 2008 Conference stat champions Scoring Larry Harris won the Eastern 8 Scoring Title in the 1976–77 season (22.9 ppg). Clyde Vaughan won the Big East Scoring Title in the 1982–83 season (22.0 ppg). Rebounding Sam Clancy won the Eastern 8 Rebounding Titles in both the 1978–79 (12.8 rpg) and 1979–80 (11.1 rpg) seasons. Jerome Lane won the Big East Rebounding Titles in both the 1986–87 (14.0 rpg) and 1987–88 (11.6 rpg) seasons. Isaac Hawkins won the Big East Rebounding Title in the 1997–98 season (9.7