BOSTON – ETSU’s Bo Hodges and UNC Greensboro’s Isaiah Miller earned spots on the Lute Olson All-America team, CollegeInsider.com announced Wednesday. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I player and was won by Oregon's Payton Pritchard .
 
Hodges and Miller were among 31 finalists nationwide. Miller was the SoCon Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and was joined on the All-SoCon first team by Hodges, who helped the Bucs to a 30-4 record and SoCon regular-season and tournament titles.
 
The award is named in honor of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who won 776 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
 
Olson is one of just 25 head coaches in NCAA history to win 700 or more games (all divisions) and ranks ninth on the Division I career victories list. He finished with a winning percentage of .731 and is the all-time winningest coach in Arizona history with 587-190 record (.755). He was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year seven times. Olson also guided Arizona to 20 consecutive 20-win seasons and is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to record 29 or more 20-win seasons.
 
2019-20 LUTE OLSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Udoka Azubuike *           7-0        Sr.         Kansas
Saddiq Bey         6-8        So.         Villanova
Jared Butler *    6-3        So.         Baylor
Vernon Carey Jr. *          6-10      Fr.         Duke
Devon Dotson * 6-2        So.         Kansas
Anthony Edwards *        6-5        Fr.         Georgia
Malachi Flynn * 6-1        Jr.          San Diego State
Jordan Ford *    6-1        Sr.         Seton Hall
Luka Garza         6-11      Jr.          Iowa
AJ Green             6-4        So.         Northern Iowa
Kevon Harris      6-6        Sr.         Stephen F. Austin
Bo Hodges         6-5        Jr.          ETSU
Caleb Homesley 6-6        Sr.         Liberty
Markus Howard *           5-11      Sr.         Marquette
Carlik Jones        6-1        Jr.          Radford
Tre Jones *        6-3        So,         Duke
Nathan Knight *              6-10      Sr.         William & Mary
Anthony Lamb *             6-6        Sr.         Vermont
Sam Merrill *     6-5        Sr.         Utah State
Isaiah Miller      6-0        Jr.          UNCG
Jordan Nwora * 6-7        Jr.          Louisville
Filip Petrusev     6-11      So.         Gonzaga
Myles Powell *  6-2        Sr.         Seton Hall
Payton Pritchard             6-2        Sr.         Oregon
Immanuel Quickley         6-3        So.         Kentucky
Jalen Smith        6-10      So.         Maryland
Lamar Stevens *             6-8        Sr.         Penn State
Killian Tillie *     6-10      Sr.         Gonzaga
Obi Toppin *      6-9        So.         Dayton
Cassius Winston *           6-1        Sr.         Michigan State
Marcus Zegarowski         6-2        So.         Creighton
 
* Named to Lute Olson Preseason Watch List
 
NOTE: There was a tie in the voting so there are 31 finalists.