Yet another honor was awarded to Louisiana’s Tyren Johnson this week, as he awarded all-district honors by the The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
Johnson was a first team member of the NABC Division I All-District 24 squad which consists of fellow Sun Belt Conference schools.
His honors by the NABC were the fourth postseason award given to Johnson following the season. Johnson earned all-district honors from the USBWA, was named first team All-Sun Belt and was the SBC Player of the Year.
Johnson – along with the other student-athletes from the 24 districts – is now eligible for the State Farm Division I All-America team, to be announced on Saturday, April 3, at 11 a.m. (EDT) at Bracket TownTM in the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind., during the NABC Convention and NCAA® Final Four®.
The 2009-10 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year finished the regular season as the leading scorer in the Sun Belt – both overall and in conference-games only. Johnson averaged 18.0 points per game, overall, and 19.7 points per game in SBC games.
During the season he posted seven double-doubles, scored 20-plus points 12 times, plus had a total of 26 double-figure scoring games. He was the Cajuns’ leading rebounder in 24 of 30 games.
He closed out the season scoring double figures in 19 consecutive games.
District 24
First Team
Brandon Hazzard Troy
Tyren Johnson Louisiana
Nate Rohnert Denver
AJ Slaughter Western Kentucky
Desmond Yates Middle Tennessee
Second Team
Greg Gantt FAU
George Odufuwa North Texas
Steffphon Pettigrew Western Kentucky
Brandon Reed Arkansas State
Tim Williams South Alabama
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Mo., the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.
— Ragin’ Cajuns —
