National Interest
(St. Louis, MO) – Players from the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conferences have been named toe the Lou Henson watch list. The Henson award honors the ‘mid-major’ player of the year.
Players on teams from conferences outside of the ‘power six’ and American Conference re eligible for the award. Eligible conferences are: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
Valley players earning a place on the Henson watch list are Drake’s Tucker DeVries, Southern Illinois’ Xavier Johnson and Indiana State’s Isaiah Swope. Riley Minix of Morehead State is the only OVC player on the the list.
Former Missouri State Bear Jonathan Mogbo (San Francisco) was also named to the Henson list.
Lute Olson Watch List
Former Valley and OVC players are on the Lute Olson (national player of the year) watch list. Illinois State transfer Antonio Reeves (Kentucky) and former Morehead State star Johni Broome (Auburn) were named.
St. Louisians Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton) and Caleb Love (Arizona) are also on the Olson list.
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