Wolters, Bader Up For Award
South Dakota State guard Nate Wolters is one of two Summit League players nominated for the 2013 Lou Henson Award. The award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in college basketball.
Wolters and Oakland's Travis Bader are up for the honor, which is named after the sixth all-time leader in career Division I wins with 779. Henson was the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State, one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
The 2013 Award will be presented at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in Atlanta, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
The 25 finalists for the award:
Travis Bader | 6-5 | Jr. | Oakland | |
Billy Baron | 6-2 | Jr. | Canisius | |
Jerrelle Benimon | 6-8 | Jr. | Towson | |
Tommy Brenton | 6-5 | Sr. | Stony Brook | |
Ryan Broekhoff | 6-7 | Sr. | Valparaiso | |
Isaiah Canaan | 6-1 | Sr. | Murray State | |
Jackie Carmichael | 6-9 | Sr. | Illinois State | |
Will Cherry | 6-1 | Sr. | Montana | |
Ian Clark | 6-3 | Sr. | Belmont | |
Jake Cohen | 6-10 | Sr. | Davidson | |
D.J. Cooper | 6-0 | Sr. | Ohio | |
Matthew Dellavedova | 6-4 | Sr. | Saint Mary's | |
James Ennis | 6-7 | Sr. | Long Beach | |
Juan'ya Green | 6-3 | So. | Niagara | |
Tyler Haws | 6-5 | So. | BYU | |
Lamont Jones | 6-0 | Sr. | Iona | |
Jake Odum | 6-4 | Jr. | Indiana State | |
Jamal Olasewere | 6-7 | Sr. | LIU-Brooklyn | |
Zeke Marshall | 7-0 | Sr. | Akron | |
Ray McCallum | 6-3 | Jr. | Detroit | |
Doug McDermott | 6-8 | Jr. | Creighton | |
Mike Muscala | 6-11 | Sr. | Bucknell | |
Augustine Rubit | 6-7 | Jr. | South Alabama | |
Taylor Smith | 6-6 | Sr. | Stephen F. Austin | |
Nate Wolters | 6-4 | Sr. | South Dakota State |