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Dion Waiters drove his way from Syracuse sophomore to the NBA All-Rookie team.

(Associated Press)

Dion Waiters became the first former Syracuse player to be named to the NBA All-Rookie first team since Carmelo Anthony in 2003-04.

The 6-foot-4 shooting guard averaged 14.7 points and 3.0 assists per game for the Cleveland Cavaliers this year. The fourth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Waiters averaged 28.8 minutes per game in his 61 appearances, including 48 starts.

Waiters, who played two years at SU, missed 10 games late in the season with loose cartilage in his knee and was limited in his final few games but still ranked second on the Cavs in scoring average.

Waiters joins Anthony, Billy Owens, Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas and Dave Bing as Syracuse players that made the All-Rookie team.

Others named to the 2012-13 first team league Rookie of the Year, Portland's Damian Lillard, Washington's Bradley Beal, New Orleans' Anthony Davis and Golden State's Harrison Barnes.