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Long Named To Lou Henson Preseason Watch List
11/10/2015 2:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Lou Henson Award given to top Mid-Major basketball player
BOSTON – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns forward Shawn Long earned some more preseason men's basketball accolades when he was one of 30 players named to the 2015 Lou Henson Award preseason Watch List, which was announced on Tuesday.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college basketball.
Long, a 6-11 senior from Morgan City, averaged 16.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season and was named to the Lou Henson All-America team in addition to being named a first-team All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana selection.
This season, Long has been picked as the preseason Player of the Year by the Sun Belt Conference, with the Ragin' Cajuns tabbed to claim the league crown.
The three-time All-Sun Belt Conference pick was one of only seven collegians to play for the U.S. men's basketball team that claimed the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Long enters his final season in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform as the NCAA active leader in double-doubles (52) and total rebounds (1,036). Long is ranked second among active NCAA players in rebound average (10.3) and is seventh in blocked shots (212).
The award is named in honor of Henson, who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game in 2005, he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
Louisiana, ranked No. 12 in the CollegeInsider.com preseason Mid Major poll, will officially tip off the 2015-16 season on Friday, Nov. 13, when it plays host to Louisiana College in a 7 p.m. contest. Season tickets are available by calling the Cajundome Box Office at (337) 265-2357, visiting the Cajundome Box Office or on-line at RaginCajuns.com.
2015-16 LOU HENSON PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell – 6-5, Sr., Illinois State
Paris Bass – 6-8, So., Detroit
Craig Bradshaw – 6-3, Sr., Belmont
Martin Breunig – 6-8, Sr., Montana
John Brown – 6-8, Sr., High Point
Jared Brownridge – 6-3, Jr., Santa Clara
Stephen Croone – 6-0, Sr., Furman
Stacy Davis – 6-6, Sr., Pepperdine
Obi Emegano – 6-3, Jr., Oral Roberts
Chris Fowler – 6-1, Sr., Central Michigan
Juan'ya Green – 6-2, Sr., Hofstra
Jimmy Hall – 6-8, Jr., Kent State
Peter Hooley – 6-4, Sr., Albany
Casey Jones – 6-5, Sr., Chattanooga
Tim Kempton – 6-10, Jr., Lehigh
Raven Lee – 6-3, Jr., Eastern Michigan
Maodo Lo – 6-3, Sr., Columbia
Shawn Long – 6-11, Sr., Louisiana
Egidijus Mockevicius – 6-10, Sr., Evansville
Dallas Moore – 6-1, Jr., North Florida
Mamadou Ndiaye – 7-6, Jr., UC Irvine
Alec Peters – 6-9, Jr., Valparaiso
Justin Sears – 6-8, Sr., Yale
Jeff Short – 6-4, Sr., Norfolk State
Thomas Walkup – 6-4, Sr., Stephen. F. Austin
Jameel Warney – 6-8, Sr., Stony Brook
Jalan West – 5-11, Sr., Northwestern State
Josh Williams – 6-5, Jr., Lipscomb
Zeek Woodley – 6-2, Jr., Northwestern State
Kris Yanku – 6-4, Jr., Northern Arizona
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college basketball.
Long, a 6-11 senior from Morgan City, averaged 16.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season and was named to the Lou Henson All-America team in addition to being named a first-team All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana selection.
This season, Long has been picked as the preseason Player of the Year by the Sun Belt Conference, with the Ragin' Cajuns tabbed to claim the league crown.
The three-time All-Sun Belt Conference pick was one of only seven collegians to play for the U.S. men's basketball team that claimed the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Long enters his final season in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform as the NCAA active leader in double-doubles (52) and total rebounds (1,036). Long is ranked second among active NCAA players in rebound average (10.3) and is seventh in blocked shots (212).
The award is named in honor of Henson, who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years. When he left the game in 2005, he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
Louisiana, ranked No. 12 in the CollegeInsider.com preseason Mid Major poll, will officially tip off the 2015-16 season on Friday, Nov. 13, when it plays host to Louisiana College in a 7 p.m. contest. Season tickets are available by calling the Cajundome Box Office at (337) 265-2357, visiting the Cajundome Box Office or on-line at RaginCajuns.com.
2015-16 LOU HENSON PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell – 6-5, Sr., Illinois State
Paris Bass – 6-8, So., Detroit
Craig Bradshaw – 6-3, Sr., Belmont
Martin Breunig – 6-8, Sr., Montana
John Brown – 6-8, Sr., High Point
Jared Brownridge – 6-3, Jr., Santa Clara
Stephen Croone – 6-0, Sr., Furman
Stacy Davis – 6-6, Sr., Pepperdine
Obi Emegano – 6-3, Jr., Oral Roberts
Chris Fowler – 6-1, Sr., Central Michigan
Juan'ya Green – 6-2, Sr., Hofstra
Jimmy Hall – 6-8, Jr., Kent State
Peter Hooley – 6-4, Sr., Albany
Casey Jones – 6-5, Sr., Chattanooga
Tim Kempton – 6-10, Jr., Lehigh
Raven Lee – 6-3, Jr., Eastern Michigan
Maodo Lo – 6-3, Sr., Columbia
Shawn Long – 6-11, Sr., Louisiana
Egidijus Mockevicius – 6-10, Sr., Evansville
Dallas Moore – 6-1, Jr., North Florida
Mamadou Ndiaye – 7-6, Jr., UC Irvine
Alec Peters – 6-9, Jr., Valparaiso
Justin Sears – 6-8, Sr., Yale
Jeff Short – 6-4, Sr., Norfolk State
Thomas Walkup – 6-4, Sr., Stephen. F. Austin
Jameel Warney – 6-8, Sr., Stony Brook
Jalan West – 5-11, Sr., Northwestern State
Josh Williams – 6-5, Jr., Lipscomb
Zeek Woodley – 6-2, Jr., Northwestern State
Kris Yanku – 6-4, Jr., Northern Arizona
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