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Local sports briefs for May 18: Former Jayhawk Wiggins only unanimous selection for NBA All-Rookie first team

Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins of Minnesota is the only unanimous selection for the NBA’s All-Rookie first team.

Wiggins, who played at Kansas from 2013-14, received all 130 votes Monday from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada. He averaged 16.9 points, tops in the class, and his 36.2 minutes per game ranked fourth in the NBA.

The rest of the first team was Chicago’s Nikola Mirotic, Philadelphia’s Nerlens Noel, Orlando’s Eldrid Payton and Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson.

WASHBURN SOFTBALL PLACES SEVEN ON MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL:Samantha Carson, Marina Quimby, Alex Sweeney, Kristen Bell, Lauren Thimmesch, Jordan Erickson and Haylee Marsteller were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll on Monday.