Incoming Iowa guard tabbed All-American

IOWA CITY - Incoming Iowa point guard Trey Dickerson was named a third-team Division I All-American by NJCAA, the organization announced Thursday.

Dickerson averaged 19.7 points, 5.6 assists, and 3.6 rebounds per game as a freshman at Williston (N.D.) Junior College. Dickerson, who stands 6 foot and is from Queens, N.Y., was named Mon-Dak Conference MVP and 24/7 Hoops listed him as the nation's top junior-college point guard. He averaged about two 3-pointers a game and his assist-to-turnover ratio was 1.9.

Dickerson, who is eligible to play three seasons at Iowa, committed on March 8 and will sign his letter of intent on April 16. He joins at least two other players in Iowa's upcoming recruiting class. With Kyle Meyer electing to transfer, Iowa still has two scholarships available for the upcoming season.

Iowa signed two incoming high school seniors last November. Forward Dominique Uhl (6-9) played at Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., and was named first-team All-Group 1 and first-team All-Ocean by the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger. Uhl, a German native, helped lead the school to 28 and 29 wins in consecutive seasons. Uhl averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds as a junior. Complete statistics are unavailable, but through nine games Uhl averaged 11.7 points a game.

Shooting guard Brady Ellingson (6-4) of Sussex Hamilton (Wis.) was named second-team all-state despite missing several weeks with mononucleosis. Ellingson scored 38 of his team's 49 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, in a regional final victory against Kettle Moraine. Ellingson was double-covered on his buzzer-beater.

'Ellingson is a star. Iowa has a heck of a player coming,” Kettle Moraine assistant coach Mike Serath told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 'What else could we do on that last shot? We got two guys right in his face and he still drilled it.”

Ellingson averaged 25.4 points a game this year and hit 91.7 percent of his free throws. Last year, Ellingson scored 21.3 points a game and shot 51 percent from the floor. He was 48 percent from 3-point range.

Iowa already has secured one commitment for the 2015-16 season in Chicago-area junior Brandon Hutton, a 6-6 forward from Chicago De La Salle High School. Hutton, who averaged 14.7 points a game, told Hawkeye Report he liked Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery and Iowa's style of play.

'I love to defend like no other,” Hutton told Hawkeye Report. 'I think I am the No. 1 defender in the nation to be honest. I can guard positions 1-4. I would love to play for Iowa because they wouldn't have worry about me and my effort. I will give 100 percent every game and every time I step on the floor. That just seems to be a great fit for me.”

Iowa is projected to have two more scholarships available in 2015.

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