Southland Conference

UTSA Forward Jeromie Hill tabbed Lou Henson Preseason All-American

11/3/2011 8:02:00 PM

BOSTON, Mass. - UTSA sophomore forward Jeromie Hill has been named a Lou Henson Preseason All-American, the Lou Henson Player of the Year Award Selection Committee announced Thursday.
 
The Cairns, Australia, native is one of 25 players from mid-major conferences on the squad and the only selection from the Southland Conference. Hill, the 2011 Southland Freshman of the Year and a preseason first-team all-league choice, averaged 13.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and shot 47.5 percent from the field, including 42-of-105 (40.0 percent) from behind the 3-point line, last season.
 
Hill became the first Roadrunner to record a double-double in his debut with 16 points and 10 boards against Huston-Tillotson and followed that with 27 and 12 against Evansville one game later. He turned in two more double-doubles during his freshman campaign, including 14 and 11 in UTSA's historic 70-61 victory against Alabama State at the NCAA First Four. Hill, a CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshman All-American last year, was named to the 2011 All-Southland Tournament team after averaging 19 points and 5.3 rebounds and knocking down 7-of-8 from downtown to help UTSA upset the top three seeds and capture its first title in seven years.
 
The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top Mid-Major player in Division I college basketball. The award is named in honor of Lou 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. For more information, please visit http://www.collegeinsider.com/henson/.
 
Hill and the Roadrunners open the regular season at UTEP Nov. 11 at 8:05 p.m. Central.

 
2011-12 Lou Henson Preseason All-America Team
Larry Anderson 6-5 Sr. Long Beach State 
Kent Bazemore 6-4 Sr. Old Dominion 
Julian Boyd 6-7 Jr. Long Island 
Isaiah Canaan 6-0 Jr. Murray State 
D.J. Cooper 5-11 Jr. Ohio 
Samme Givens 6-5 Sr. Drexel 
Justin Greene 6-8 Sr. Kent State 
Reggie Hamilton 5-11 Sr. Oakland 
Mick Hedgepeth 6-9 Sr. Belmont 
Jeromie Hill 6-8 So. UTSA 
Scott Machado 6-1 Sr. Iona 
Ray McCallum 6-1 So. Detroit 
C.J. McCollum 6-3 Jr. Lehigh 
Doug McDermott 6-7 So. Creighton 
Mike Muscala 6-11 Jr. Bucknell 
Derek Needham 5-11 Jr. Fairfield 
Ronald Nored 6-0 Sr. Butler 
Jake Odum 6-4 So. Indiana State 
Kyle O'Quinn 6-10 Sr. Norfolk State 
Ryan Pearson 6-6 Jr. George Mason 
Augustine Rubit 6-6 So. South Alabama 
Caspar Ware 5-10 Sr. Long Beach State 
Kyle Weems 6-6 Sr. Missouri State 
Keith Wright 6-8 Sr. Harvard 
Alex Young 6-6 Sr. IUPUI