BOSTON – Five Southern Conference men’s basketball players earned Lou Henson All-American status, CollegeInsider.com announced Wednesday. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I mid-major player.
ETSU’s Tray Boyd III and Bo Hodges, Furman’s Jordan Lyons, UNC Greensboro’s Isaiah Miller and Western Carolina’s Carlos Dotson were among the 40 players honored nationally. Lyons and Miller were on the preseason watch list for the Lou Henson Award. Miller was the SoCon Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
The award honors Henson, the former Illinois and New Mexico State coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons. Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989.
Henson, who is also the all-time winningest coach in New Mexico State history with 289 victories, is one of only 11 coaches to take two different schools to the NCAA Final Four. His teams have made 19 NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances.
2019-20 LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Milan Acquaah * 6-3 Jr. California Baptist
E.J. Anosike 6-6 Jr. Sacred Heart
Paul Atkinson 6-10 Jr. Yale
Isaiah Blackmon 6-1 Sr. Saint Francis PA
Tray Boyd III 6-4 Sr. ETSU
Keith Braxton * 6-5 Sr. Saint Francis PA
AJ Brodeur * 6-8 Sr. Penn
Tevin Brown 6-5 So. Murray State
Desure Buie 5-11 Sr. Hofstra
Elijah Childs * 6-7 Jr. Bradley
Yoeli Childs * 6-8 Sr. BYU
Carlos Dotson 6-7 Sr. Western Carolina
Jordan Ford * 6-1 Sr. Saint Mary's
Eugene German 6-0 Sr. Northern Illinois
AJ Green * 6-4 So. Northern Iowa
Kevon Harris * 6-6 Sr. Stephen F. Austin
Juvaris Hayes 6-0 Sr. Merrimack
Bo Hodges 6-5 Jr. ETSU
Caleb Homesley * 6-6 Sr. Liberty
Loren Jackson 5-8 Jr. Akron
Scottie James * 6-8 Sr. Liberty
Carlik Jones * 6-1 Jr. Radford
Nathan Knight * 6-10 Sr. William & Mary
Cameron Krutwig * 6-9 Jr. Loyola Chicago
Adam Kunkel 6-3 So. Belmont
Anthony Lamb * 6-6 Sr. Vermont
Loudon Love * 6-8 Jr. Wright State
Jordan Lyons * 5-11 Sr. Furman
Max Mahoney * 6-8 Sr. Boston University
Isaiah Miller * 6-0 Jr. UNCG
Sa'eed Nelson * 6-2 Sr. American
Markquis Nowell 5-7 So. Little Rock
Nijal Pearson * 6-5 Sr. Texas State
Jalen Pickett * 6-4 So. Siena
Grant Riller * 6-3 Sr. Charleston
Colbey Ross * 6-1 Jr. Pepperdine
Terry Taylor * 6-5 Jr. Austin Peay
Jahlil Tripp 6-5 Sr. Pacific
Tyson Ward 6-6 Sr. North Dakota State
Douglas Wilson 6-7 Jr. South Dakota State
* Named to Lou Henson Preseason Watch List