Lou Henson All-American Team

Six MVC & OVC All-American

Editor: The following is part of a press release from louhenson.com.

(Boston, MA) – The finalists for 2022 Lou Henson award were announced on Monday.

The Lou Henson National Player of the Year 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.

Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989.

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

Editor: Four Ohio Valley Conference and two Missouri Valley Conference players were honored as all-Americans. Murray State’s Tevin Brown and K.J. Williams were joined by Morehead State’s Johni Broome and Belmont’s Nick Muszynski. MVC players were Missouri State’s Isiaih Mosely and Northern Iowa’s A.J. Green.

Williams and Green were their respective league’s ‘Players of the Year‘.