ALBANY, N.Y. – Junior guard Trevor Hudgins of Northwest Missouri State today was named the 2021 Division II Conference Commissioners Association Men’s Basketball Ron Lenz National Player of the Year.
He stands atop the D2CCA Men’s Basketball All-America Teams that were voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Hudgins is joined on the first team by two other repeat first-team honorees in Daemen senior center Andrew Sischo and West Texas A&M junior guard Qua Grant. Hudgins‘ teammate and senior forward Ryan Hawkins also garnered first-team accolades as did Northern State junior forward Parker Fox.
The two-time MIAA Player of the Year and three-time, first-team all-MIAA pick, Hudgins is averaging 20.1 points per game thanks to an MIAA-leading .525 shooting percentage (171-for-314) from beyond the arc for the Bearcats (25-2).
Sischo, a two-time D2CCA East Region and a three-time East Coast Conference Player of the Year, is the nation’s fourth-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder at 26.7 points and 12.8 boards per outing for the Wildcats (10-5). Grant, who tossed in 40 points in a 101-92 South Central regional final win versus Lubbock Christian, is producing 22.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists on a regular basis for the Buffs (17-2).
Hawkins, a two-time MIAA first-team All-League selection, is averaging 22.0 points and 8.5 rebounds while Fox, the NSIC North Division Player of the Year, produced nearly a “double-double” with 22.3 points and 9.9 rebounds per game for the Wolves (19-2).
