KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After remarkable 2024-25 campaigns, Keyshawn Hall and Darius Johnson of the UCF men’s basketball team were recognized by the Big 12 Conference in the league’s Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards.
Hall was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Newcomer Team while Johnson was tabbed as All-Big 12 Honorable Mention.
Hall is the first Knight to be named to a first, second or third team while UCF has been a member of the Big 12 and is the first to be named to one of the top three teams since Taylor Hendricks was a member of the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team in 2022-23. Johnson was one of three Knights to be named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention last season along with Jaylin Sellers and Ibrahima Diallo.
Hall has been spectacular this season and finished the season with a share of the conference’s regular season scoring title at 18.5 points per game, posting 572 points. He led the Big 12 in scoring during league play, averaging 20.3 points per game in conference games. Hall had 14 performances of 20 or more points this season, including three 30-point outings, one of which was a 40-point showing at Arizona State, the third highest scoring performance in UCF’s Division-I history. Hall demonstrated a knack for getting to the charity stripe throughout the year, ranking sixth in the nation in made free throws with 182, leading the Big 12.
In his fourth season as a Knight, Johnson saw his game rise to its highest level yet, scoring 16.5 points per game while nailing over two and a half threes per contest. He finished the year scoring 20+ points in four straight contests, including a career-best 36 points on his senior night. Johnson drilled three or more triples in 13 games this season, as well as 13 games with five or more assists and 13 contests with three or more steals. After finishing last season averaging 2.21 steals per game, Johnson has collected 2.35 per contest this season which ranks 11th in the nation and first in the Big 12. His three-point percentage also ranks near the top of the country, sitting 36th while placing second in the Big 12 with a clip of 40.9%.
2024-25 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Awards
Player of the Year: JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Defensive Player of the Year: Joseph Tugler, Houston
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: LJ Cryer, Houston
Freshman of the Year: VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
Newcomer of the Year: JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Sixth Man Award: Curtis Jones, Iowa State
Most Improved: Richie Saunders, BYU
Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson, Houston
All-Big 12 First Team
Caleb Love, Arizona
Norchad Omier, Baylor
Richie Saunders, BYU
LJ Cryer, Houston
J'Wan Roberts, Houston
Curtis Jones, Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*
Darrion Williams, Texas Tech
Javon Small, West Virginia
All-Big 12 Second Team
VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
Keyshawn Hall, UCF
Milos Uzan, Houston
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Chance McMillian, Texas Tech
All-Big 12 Third Team
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Zeke Mayo, Kansas
Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Honorable Mention: Arizona: Tobe Awaka, Henri Veesaar; Baylor: Robert Wright; BYU: Egor Demin; UCF: Darius Johnson; Cincinnati: Jizzle James; Colorado: Julian Hammond III; Houston: Emanuel Sharp; Kansas: Dajuan Harris Jr.; Kansas State: David N'Guessan; Oklahoma State: Bryce Thompson; TCU: Noah Reynolds, Ernest Udeh Jr.; Utah: Gabe Madsen
All-Defensive Team
Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State
J'Wan Roberts, Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Sencire Harris, West Virginia
All-Freshman Team
Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State
VJ Edgecombe, Baylor
Robert Wright, Baylor
Egor Demin, BYU
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
All-Newcomer Team
Norchad Omier, Baylor
Keyshawn Hall, UCF
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Zeke Mayo, Kansas
JT Toppin, Texas Tech