Harvey, McKinney Named to Henson Mid-Season Watch List
Eastern Washington junior Tyler Harvey and Sacramento State senior Mikh McKinney have been named to the Lou Henson Mid-Season Award Watch List, CollegeInsider.com announced Wednesday.
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the Division I "Mid-Major" Player of the Year. 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.
The 2015 recipient will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet on April 3 in Indianapolis, site of the 2015 men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
Harvey, a guard, leads the nation in scoring with an average of 23.2 points per game. He also leads the nation in 3-point field goals per game with an average of 4.5 per game. Harvey has scored in double figures in every game this season. He's shooting .488 percent from 3-point range, .506 from the floor, and .852 percent from the free-throw line. Earlier this season, he was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the USBWA. The Eagles are 4-1 in Big Sky play.
McKinney, a junior guard, has Sacramento State in first place in the league standings at 5-1. McKinney ranks fourth in the league in scoring with an average of 17.6 points per game. He's third in assists at 5.3 points per game. McKinney leads the Big Sky and ranks third in the nation in steals with an average of 2.9 per game. McKinney has scored in double figures in 14 consecutive games. He has been named the Big Sky Player of the Week twice. He is the first player in school history to be named to the list.
NOTE: Ron Baker (Wichita State), Tyler Haws (BYU), Kevin Pangos (Gonzaga) and Fred VanVleet (Wichita State) were named to the mid-season Mid-Season Lute Olson Award Watch List. | The Preseason Lou Henson award Watch List
LOU HENSON AWARD MID-SEASON WATCH LIST
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Lawrence Alexander |
6-3 |
Sr. |
North Dakota State |
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D.J. Balentine |
6-2 |
Jr, |
Evansville |
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John Brown |
6-8 |
Jr. |
High Point |
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Julius Brown |
5-10 |
Sr. |
Toledo |
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Mike Caffey |
6-0 |
Sr. |
Long Beach State |
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Karl Cochran |
6-1 |
Sr. |
Wofford |
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Kyle Collinsworth |
6-6 |
Jr. |
BYU |
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A.J. English |
6-4 |
Jr. |
Iona |
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Kahlil Felder |
5-9 |
So. |
Oakland |
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Juan'ya Green |
6-2 |
Jr. |
Hofstra |
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Ty Greene |
6-3 |
Sr. |
USC Upstate |
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Ryan Harrow |
6-2 |
Sr. |
Georgia State |
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Tyler Harvey |
6-4 |
Jr. |
Eastern Washington |
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Corey Hawkins |
6-3 |
Jr. |
UC Davis |
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Jerome Hill |
6-5 |
Jr. |
Gardner-Webb |
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David Laury |
6-9 |
Sr. |
Iona |
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Denzel Livingston |
6-4 |
Sr. |
Incarnate Word |
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Shawn Long |
6-9 |
Jr. |
UL-Lafayette |
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Mikh McKinney |
6-1 |
Sr. |
Sacramento State |
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Shonn Miller |
6-7 |
Sr. |
Cornell |
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Justin Moss |
6-7 |
Jr. |
Buffalo |
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Mike Myers |
6-9 |
Sr. |
UMES |
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Jordan Parks |
6-7 |
Sr. |
North Carolina Central |
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Cameron Payne |
6-2 |
So. |
Murray State |
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Rashawn Rembert |
6-3 |
Sr. |
ETSU |
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Wesley Saunders |
6-5 |
Sr. |
Harvard |
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Justin Sears |
6-8 |
Jr. |
Yale |
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Jeff Short |
6-4 |
Jr. |
Norfolk State |
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Keifer Sykes |
6-0 |
Sr. |
Green Bay |
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Connar Tava |
6-6 |
Jr. |
Western Michigan |
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Marcus Thornton |
6-4 |
Sr. |
William & Mary |
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Seth Tuttle |
6-8 |
Sr. |
Northern Iowa |
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Corey Walden |
6-2 |
Sr. |
Eastern Kentucky |
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Brad Waldow |
6-10 |
Sr. |
Saint Mary's |
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Jameel Warney |
6-8 |
Jr. |
Stony Brook |
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Jalan West |
5-10 |
Jr. |
Northwestern State |
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Alan Williams |
6-8 |
Sr. |
UC Santa Barbara |
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Kyle Wilson |
6-4 |
Jr. |
Army |
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Kyle Wiltjer |
6-10 |
Jr. |
Gonzaga |
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Zikiteran Woodley |
6-2 |
So. |
Northwestern State |