Cajuns F Shawn Long Earns Lou Henson Preseason Watch List Honors
Louisiana Ragin' Cajun senior forward Shawn Long has been named to the 2015 Lou Henson Award preseason watch list.
The Lou Henson Award is given to the best mid-major college basketball player in the country at the end of the season. Long is 1 of 30 players on the list.
Last season, Long averaged a double-double of 16.4 points and 10.2 rebounds, earning Lou Henson All-American honors, first team All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana honors.
The entire preseason watch list is listed below.
2015-16 LOU HENSON PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell – 6-5, Sr., Illinois State
Paris Bass – 6-8, So., Detroit
Craig Bradshaw – 6-3, Sr., Belmont
Martin Breunig – 6-8, Sr., Montana
John Brown – 6-8, Sr., High Point
Jared Brownridge – 6-3, Jr., Santa Clara
Stephen Croone – 6-0, Sr., Furman
Stacy Davis – 6-6, Sr., Pepperdine
Obi Emegano – 6-3, Jr., Oral Roberts
Chris Fowler – 6-1, Sr., Central Michigan
Juan'ya Green – 6-2, Sr., Hofstra
Jimmy Hall – 6-8, Jr., Kent State
Peter Hooley – 6-4, Sr., Albany
Casey Jones – 6-5, Sr., Chattanooga
Tim Kempton – 6-10, Jr., Lehigh
Raven Lee – 6-3, Jr., Eastern Michigan
Maodo Lo – 6-3, Sr., Columbia
Shawn Long – 6-11, Sr., Louisiana
Egidijus Mockevicius – 6-10, Sr., Evansville
Dallas Moore – 6-1, Jr., North Florida
Mamadou Ndiaye – 7-6, Jr., UC Irvine
Alec Peters – 6-9, Jr., Valparaiso
Justin Sears – 6-8, Sr., Yale
Jeff Short – 6-4, Sr., Norfolk State
Thomas Walkup – 6-4, Sr., Stephen. F. Austin
Jameel Warney – 6-8, Sr., Stony Brook
Jalan West – 5-11, Sr., Northwestern State
Josh Williams – 6-5, Jr., Lipscomb
Zeek Woodley – 6-2, Jr., Northwestern State
Kris Yanku – 6-4, Jr., Northern Arizona