Kingston Flemings Named to The Sporting News All-America Second Team

HOUSTON – University of Houston freshman point guard Kingston Flemings continued to add to his trophy case when he was named to the All-America Second Team by The Sporting News on Wednesday morning.

With his selection, Flemings became the first freshman in program history to earn All-America honors.

"Kingston came here with a maturity and a passion for competing. He absolutely loves to play basketball. He is one of the best teammates and one of the greatest kids. Everything about off the court reflects everything he does on the court. I could not be happier for him, his family and our program," Head Coach Kelvin Sampson said.

This was only the latest award for Flemings this week. He was named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, presented to the nation's top collegiate point guard by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Flemings also was a unanimous selection for both the All-Big 12 Conference Team and the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Thomas Haugh (Florida) Braden Smith (Purdue), Keaton Wagler (Illinois) and JT Toppin (Texas Tech) joined Flemings on the Second Team. Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan), AJ Dybantsa (Michigan), Darius Acuff Jr. (Arkansas), Cameron Boozer (Duke) and Joshua Jefferson (Iowa State) were named to The Sporting News First Team.

Prior to this season, Houston greats Clyde Drexler, Rob Williams, Hakeem Olajuwon and Craig Upchurch were the youngest Cougars (by class) to receive All-America status.

Drexler was named The Sporting News Honorable Mention in 1982, Williams was named to the Third Team by the Associated Press in 1981 and Olajuwon was a Third-Team honoree by Basketball Times and an AP and UPI Honorable Mention in 1983 with each as a sophomore.

Upchurch was the most recent sophomore to be honored as an All-American, receiving Honorable Mention in 1989.

ABOUT KINGSTON FLEMINGS
Competing in his first collegiate season, Flemings has established himself as one of the nation's top student-athletes.

He leads the Cougars and ranks among the Big 12 Top-20 leaders with 16.5 points, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game while hitting 48.3 percent of his shots from the field and 37.6 percent from behind the arc.

Flemings paces the Cougars with 11 20-point games in 2025-26, including three straight in late January.

He posted a career-high 42 points on 15-of-26 shooting at Texas Tech on January 24 to set the school freshman single-game scoring record. He became only the 12^th Cougar of any class to score 40+ points in a game and topped the previous freshman scoring record of 34 points by Rob Williams against Rice on February 25, 1980.

With 510 points this season, Flemings has set the Houston freshman single-season scoring record, besting Williams' 456 points during the 1979-80 season. As the Cougars close the regular season and prepare for postseason play, Flemings is just ahead of Williams' freshman season scoring record average of 16.3 points per game.

Flemings scored nine points in the final two minutes and added five assists with three rebounds and a blocked shot in the Cougars' 69-65 win over #14/14 Texas Tech inside Fertitta Center on January 6.

After scoring 22 points with five rebounds, seven assists and a blocked shot in a win over #22/25 Auburn during the RxBenefits The Battleground 2k25 in Birmingham, Ala., on November 16, Flemings was honored as the USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week as well as the Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week.

Flemings joined the Cougars after an award-winning prep career at Brennan High School in San Antonio, Texas.

THE SPORTING NEWS ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team

Player	School	Class	Position	Height
Yaxel Lendeborg	Michigan	Graduate	Forward	6-9
AJ Dybantsa	BYU	Freshman	Forward	6-9
Darius Acuff Jr.	Arkansas	Freshman	Guard	6-3
Cameron Boozer	Duke	Freshman	Forward	6-9
Joshua Jefferson	Iowa State	Senior	Forward	6-9

Second Team

Player	School	Class	Position	Height
Kingston Flemings	Houston	Freshman	Guard	6-4
Thomas Haugh	Florida	Junior	Forward	6-9
Keaton Wagler	Illinois	Freshman	Guard	6-6
JT Toppin	Texas Tech	Junior	Forward	6-9
Braden	Smith	Senior	Guard	6-0

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UP NEXT
• Flemings and Houston take their first steps in the postseason at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
• The Cougars will open play as the (2) seed at 6 p.m., Thursday. Houston will face the winner from (7) West Virginia (10) BYU. That game will air on ESPN2.
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