HOUSTON, Texas -- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has recognized Texas Southern center Aaric Murray as its Southwestern Athletic Conference Player and Defensive Player of the Year.
Southern swept the final three accolades with Tre'Lun Banks receiving Freshman of the Year honors along with teammate Calvin Godfrey earning Newcomer of the Year while head coach Roman Banks was tabbed Coach of the Year.
All honors including first and second team selections were voted on by the league's head coaches and sports information directors.
Murray led the SWAC in scoring for the entire regular season averaging 21.7 points per game while hauling in 7.7 rebounds per contest. He was TSU's leading scorer in 17 of their 29 games on the year. Earlier in the year, Murray became the first NCAA Division I player taller than 6'10 to score 48 points in over a decade while also becoming the first player to connect on 20+ field goals in a game since 2011. Defensively, he blocked a league best 69 shots for an average of 2.4 per outing.
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