SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Four Southern Conference men’s basketball student-athletes were named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List by CollegeInsider.com on Tuesday.

Furman’s Mike Bothwell and Jalen Slawson, Samford’s Ques Glover and Chattanooga’s Jake Stephens are in early consideration for the mid-major player of the year award. All four are preseason All-SoCon picks, with Stephens the preseason SoCon Player of the Year.

The Lou Henson Award, which is presented annually to the top mid-major player in division I college basketball, honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.

Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.

Former Chattanooga guard Malachi Smith won the award last season.