The Southern Conference Sports Media Association (SCSMA) announced the organizations 2008 SoCon men’s basketball honorees.
Davidson sophomore Stephen Curry was a unanimous choice as the conference’s Malcolm U. Pitt Player of the Year. The sophomore from Charlotte, N.C. leads the conference in scoring with a 25.3 average and helped guide the Wildcats to an undefeated record in league play and the top seed in the conference tournament.
The Citadel’s Cameron Wells was the choice of the media for the league’s Freshman of the Year. The league’s leading scorer among freshmen (14.6 ppg), the guard from Houston, Texas edged Appalachian State’s Donald Sims, College of Charleston’s Andrew Goudelock and Georgia Southern’s Willie Powers for the honor.
Davidson coach Bob McKillop won in the voting for the Anton Foy Coach of the Year Award. McKillop McKillop led the Wildcats to a perfect 20-0 record in conference play and an overall mark of 23-6. Davidson owns the nation’s longest winning streak (19) and has won 31 consecutive Southern Conference games and 44 of the last 45.
Nine teams had players named to the SCSMA all-conference team. Davidson (Curry, Jason Richards and Thomas Sander), and College of Charleston (Jermaine Johnson, Andrew Goudelock and Tony White, Jr,.) each had three players earn all-conference honors. Appalachian State (Donte Minter and Jeremy Clayton) and Chattanooga (Nicchaeus Doaks and Stephen McDowell) each landed two players on the all-league squad. Elon (Ola Atoyebi), Georgia Southern (Louis Graham), UNC Greensboro (Kyle Hines), Western Carolina (Brandon Giles) and Wofford (Drew Gibson) all had one player represented.
The Southern Conference coaches all-conference team will be announced on Thursday, March 6.
Malcolm U. Pitt Player of the Year: Stephen Curry, Davidson
Freshman of the Year: Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Anton Foy Coach of the Year: Bob McKillop, Davidson
SCSMA All-Southern Conference
First Team
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro
Louis Graham, Georgia Southern
Jason Richards, Davidson
Donte Minter, Appalachian State
Second Team
Nicchaeus Doaks, Chattanooga
Brandon Giles, Western Carolina
Stephen McDowell, Chattanooga
Jermaine Johnson, College of Charleston
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
Third Team
Tony White, Jr., College of Charleston
Ola Atoyebi, Elon
Thomas Sander, Davidson
Drew Gibson, Wofford
Jeremy Clayton, Appalachian State
All-Freshman Team
Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
Donald Sims, Appalachian State
Willie Powers, Georgia Southern
Justin Dehm, Furman