George Mason senior forward Ryan Pearson added one final honor to his career with the Patriots on Monday, as he was selected an honorable mention on the 2012 Associated Press All-America men's basketball team. Pearson, the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and a USBWA All-District honoree, was the lone selection from the conference.

Pearson is the third Mason player to ever receive the honor, joined by four-time honorable mention selection Carlos Yates (1982-85) and George Evans, selected in 2001.

Helping guide the Patriots to a 24-win season and a third-place conference finish, Pearson led the team and ranked third in the CAA scoring 17.0 points per game. The Far Rockaway, N.Y., native also ranks fifth in the conference in rebounding, leading the Patriots with 8.2 rebounds per contest. He has posted 12 double-doubles on the year, ranking 30^th in NCAA Division I. Pearson also ranks seventh in the conference in field goal percentage, connecting on 50.3 percent of his attempts from the field.

Earlier this season, Pearson became just the fourth player in program history and the only active CAA player to amass more than 1,500 points, 750 rebounds, 100 assists and 100 steals in his four-year career. His 562 points this year rank as the 12^th-best single season performance in school history, and he sits fifth in career scoring at 1,626 points and seventh in career rebounds (806).