Former Syracuse guard and current Cleveland Cavalier Dion Waiters was voted to the 2012-13 NBA All-Rookie first team, the NBA announced Tuesday.

Waiters received 21 first-team votes from the league’s 30 head coaches and eight second-team votes for a total of 50 voting points. He averaged 14.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal per game while playing 28.8 minutes per game.

Last season, his sophomore year with the Orange, Waiters averaged 12.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game while playing 24.1 minutes per game.

He is joined on the All-Rookie first team by Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal, New Orleans Hornets big man Anthony Davis and Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes.

Waiters is the first former Syracuse player to make the All-Rookie first team since Carmelo Anthony did so in 2004. He is the sixth former SU player to receive the honor, joining Anthony, Billy Owens (1992), Derrick Coleman (1991), Sherman Douglas (1990) and Dave Bing (1967).