page_title: Lonzo Ball
section_title: Awards and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Lonzo Ball / Awards and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Lonzo Ball passes over w:Tony Bradley Jr. at the w:2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
context_page_description: Lonzo Anderson Ball is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins, earning consensus first-team All-American honors before the Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the second overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2018.
  As a high school senior at Chino Hills High School in 2016, Ball was awarded multiple national high school player of the year honors, and led his team to an undefeated record, as well as a national championship. As a college freshman in 2016–17, he led the nation in assists and broke the UCLA record for the most assists in a season. Ball also won the Wayman Tisdale Award as the top freshman in the nation. As an NBA rookie with the Lakers, his playing time was limited by shoulder and knee injuries, and he was sidelined for much of his second season after an ankle injury. He was traded at the end of the season to New Orleans in a trade package for Anthony Davis.
context_section_description: NBA
  2× Rising Stars Challenge (2018, 2019)
  NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2018)
  College
  Associated Press  first-team All-American (2017)
  USBWA first-team All-American (2017)
  NABC first-team All-American (2017)
  Sporting News first-team All-American (2017)
  First-team All-Pac-12 (2017)
  Wayman Tisdale Award (2017)
  Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2017)
  Pac-12 All-Freshman team (2017)
  Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
  High school
  Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2016)
  Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year (2016)
  USA Today Player of the Year (2016)
  Mr. Basketball USA (2016)
  McDonald's All-American (2016)
  Ballislife All-American (2016)
  Ballislife All-American Game MVP (2016)
  California Mr. Basketball (2016)
  Los Angeles Times Player of the Year (2016)
caption: Ball making a pass at the 2016 McDonald's All-American game
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