By Don Owen
NKyTribune reporter
Northern Kentucky University’s Drew McDonald has been selected to the Lou Henson All-America Team, which honors basketball players at the mid-major level.
McDonald averaged 17 points and 9.6 rebounds this season while leading NKU to the Horizon League regular-season championship. He also shot 80.2 percent from the free-throw line as the Norse posted a 22-10 record.
NKU’s Drew McDonald averaged 17 points and 9.6 rebounds this season. (Photo by Jeff McCurry)
McDonald has poured in 1,431 points in three years and is currently 11th on NKU’s all-time scoring list. Paul Cluxton is No. 10 on the list with 1,495 career points.
In addition, McDonald has hauled in 762 career rebounds, which is fifth in Norse history. Todd Svoboda is fourth on the NKU all-time list with 770 career rebounds.
Horizon League Player of the Year Kendrick Nunn of Oakland was also selected to the Lou Henson All-America Team.
The Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on April 2 in San Antonio, site of the men’s NCAA Final Four. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I mid-major player.
Lou Henson coached college basketball for 41 years. When he left the game in 2005, he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779.
Henson is the all-time winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is also one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
2017-18 LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Trae Bell-Haynes6-2 Sr. Vermont
Bogdan Bliznyuk 6-6 Sr. Eastern Washington
Desonta Bradford6-4 Sr. East Tennessee State
Keith Braxton 6-4 So. Saint Francis PA
Tookie Brown 5-11 Jr. Georgia Southern
Joe Chealey 6-4 Sr. Charleston
Chris Clemons 5-9 Jr. Campbell
Clayton Custer 6-1 Jr. Loyola Chicago
Mike Daum 6-9 Jr. South Dakota State
Tre-Shaun Fletcher6-7 Sr. Toledo
Blake Francis 6-0 So. Wagner
Jerrick Harding 6-1 So. Weber State
Brandon Goodwin 6-2 Sr. Florida Gulf Coast
Max Heidegger 6-2 So. UC Santa Barbara
Kevin Hervey 6-9 Sr. UT Arlington
Jordan Howard 5-11 Sr. Central Arkansas
John Konchar 6-5 Jr. Fort Wayne
Nathan Knight 6-10 So. William & Mary
Jock Landale 6-11 Sr. Saint Mary’s
Zach Lofton 6-4 Sr. New Mexico State
Jairus Lyles 6-2 Sr. Maryland-Baltimore County
Fletcher Magee 6-4 Jr.. Wofford
CJ Massinburg 6-3 Jr. Buffalo
Garrison Mathews6-5 Jr. Lipscomb
Drew McDonald 6-7 Jr. Northern Kentucky
Matt Mooney 6-3 Jr. South Dakota
Matt Morgan 6-2 Jr. Cornell
Kendrick Nunn 6-3 Sr. Oakland
Vasa Pusica 6-5 Jr. Northeastern
Grant Riller 6-3 So. Charleston
Junior Robinson 5-5 Sr. Mount St. Mary’s
Devin Sibley 6-2 Sr. Furman
D’Marcus Simonds6-3 So. Georgia State
Andre Spight 6-3 Sr. Northern Colorado
Jonathan Stark 6-0 Sr. Murray State
Zach Thomas 6-7 Sr. Bucknell
James Thompson IV6-10 Jr. Eastern Michigan
Seth Towns 6-7 So. Harvard
Reed Timmer 6-1 Sr. Drake
Bryce Washington6-6 Sr. Louisiana
