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Austin Crowley Named Lou Henson All-American
3/30/2023 2:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HOUSTON --Â Southern Miss' Austin Crowley has been named a Lou Henson All-American. The honor is presented annually to the top Mid-Major men's basketball players in the country.Â
The honor comes after Crowley has already picked up Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-Sun Belt and NABC First Team All-District 23. He was also a finalist for the Howell Trophy and Lou Henson Award .Â
The West Point, Miss. native averaged 16.0 points per game and had a team-best 63 steals. He finished eight steals shy of tying the single season record set by Cortez Edwards. The West Point product scored 20-plus points 10 times and finished in double figures in 26 games this season. He scored a career-high 30 points in a win over App State on Dec. 31.Â
Crowley scored 25 points at Liberty to help Southern Miss to one of its biggest road wins in the last 10 seasons. He also poured in 25 points in a home win against rival South Alabama in mid-January. The versatile guard had a career-high six steals against Winthrop to help the Golden Eagles to the Cancun Challenge title in Cancun, Mexico. Crowley was the first Golden Eagle to win a conference newcomer of the year award since Dwayne Davis was named Conference USA Newcomer of the Year in 2013. He joined Gary Flowers as the only other Golden Eagle to be named NABC First Team All-District in program history.Â
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
2023 Lou Henson All-America Team
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Dalton Bolon, Charleston
Mike Bothwell, Furman
Jordan Brown, Louisiana
Joe Bryant, Jr., Norfolk State
Sincere Carry, Kent State
Walter Clayton, Jr., Iona
Austin Crowley, Southern Miss
Antoine Davis, Detroit
RayJ Dennis, Toledo
Tucker DeVries, Drake
Jordan Dingle, Penn
Aaron Estrada, Hofstra
Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's
Tevian Jones, Southern Utah
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Ryan Larson, Charleston
Darius McGhee, Liberty
Ajay Mitchell, UCSB
Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
Dylan Penn, Vermont
Brandin Podziemski, Santa Clara
Tucker Richardson, ColgateÂ
Cam Shelton, Loyola Marymount
DeMarcus Sharp, Northwestern State
Ben Sheppard, Belmont
JT Shumate, Toledo
Jalen Slawson, Furman
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Chris Youngblood, Kennesaw State
The honor comes after Crowley has already picked up Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-Sun Belt and NABC First Team All-District 23. He was also a finalist for the Howell Trophy and Lou Henson Award .Â
The West Point, Miss. native averaged 16.0 points per game and had a team-best 63 steals. He finished eight steals shy of tying the single season record set by Cortez Edwards. The West Point product scored 20-plus points 10 times and finished in double figures in 26 games this season. He scored a career-high 30 points in a win over App State on Dec. 31.Â
Crowley scored 25 points at Liberty to help Southern Miss to one of its biggest road wins in the last 10 seasons. He also poured in 25 points in a home win against rival South Alabama in mid-January. The versatile guard had a career-high six steals against Winthrop to help the Golden Eagles to the Cancun Challenge title in Cancun, Mexico. Crowley was the first Golden Eagle to win a conference newcomer of the year award since Dwayne Davis was named Conference USA Newcomer of the Year in 2013. He joined Gary Flowers as the only other Golden Eagle to be named NABC First Team All-District in program history.Â
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
2023 Lou Henson All-America Team
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Dalton Bolon, Charleston
Mike Bothwell, Furman
Jordan Brown, Louisiana
Joe Bryant, Jr., Norfolk State
Sincere Carry, Kent State
Walter Clayton, Jr., Iona
Austin Crowley, Southern Miss
Antoine Davis, Detroit
RayJ Dennis, Toledo
Tucker DeVries, Drake
Jordan Dingle, Penn
Aaron Estrada, Hofstra
Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's
Tevian Jones, Southern Utah
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Ryan Larson, Charleston
Darius McGhee, Liberty
Ajay Mitchell, UCSB
Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
Dylan Penn, Vermont
Brandin Podziemski, Santa Clara
Tucker Richardson, ColgateÂ
Cam Shelton, Loyola Marymount
DeMarcus Sharp, Northwestern State
Ben Sheppard, Belmont
JT Shumate, Toledo
Jalen Slawson, Furman
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Chris Youngblood, Kennesaw State
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