Senior Chris
Daniels and freshman Justin Reynolds were honored by the Southland
Conference as they were named to the All-SLC third and honorable
mention teams voted on by head coaches and sports information
directors.
Daniels, a
four-year player with the Islanders, led the team in scoring with
12.4 points, hitting 50.6 percent from the field. He became A&M-Corpus Christi's
all-time leading scorer earlier this year and finished his career
with 1,407 points. He also
finished his stellar career as the school's all-time leading shot
blocker with 170 and field goals made with 537.
Daniels
collected three double-doubles this season along with three
20-or-more point games and was second in rebounding with 6.2 per
game and finished second on the school's all-time list with
681.
Reynolds, a
freshman from Pearland, was named to the honorable mention team
after averaging 11.7 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds a
game. He set nearly every
A&M-Corpus Christi freshman record, including points (339),
field goals made (128), field goals attempted (267), free throws
(66), free throws attempted (109), rebounds (208), offensive
rebounds (89), defensive rebounds (119) and rebounding average
(7.2).
Reynolds scored
14 points and pulled down seven rebounds in his first collegiate
game and finished his freshman season with a team-high six
double-doubles.
The Islanders
finished the 2007-08 season with a 9-20 mark that included a 70-63
win over
Sam Houston State in the final game of the season.
2007-08 All-Southland Conference
First-Team
Name
-- Ht. -- Cl. – Pos. – Hometown/Last
School
Josh
Alexander, Stephen F. Austin – 6-4 – Jr. – G –
Shreveport, La./C.E. Byrd HS
Ryan
Bright, Sam Houston State – 6-6 – Sr. – F –
Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park HS
Lamar
Sanders, Lamar -- 6-6 – Sr. – F -- Hickory,
Miss./Northwest Mississippi CC
Trey
Gilder, Northwestern State – 6-9 – Sr. – F –
DeSoto, Texas/Tyler Junior College
Kenny
Dawkins, Lamar – 5-9 – Jr. – G – Holly Springs,
Miss./Arizona Western College
2007-08 All-Southland Conference
second-Team
Name -- Ht. -- Cl. – Pos.
– Hometown/Last School
Matt
Kingsley, Stephen F. Austin – 6-9 – Jr. – F –
Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek HS
Kevyn
Green, Southeastern La. – 6-5 – Sr. – F –
Portland, Ore./Lamar CC
Nate
Bowie, Central Arkansas – 6-0 – Sr. – G –
Kansas City, Mo./Colby CC
Devin
Gibson, UTSA – 6-0 – Fr. – G – Houston,
Texas/Cy-Falls HS
Jermaine
Griffin, UT Arlington – 6-9 -- Sr. – F – Houston,
Texas/Sterling HS
2007-08 All-Southland Conference
third-Team
Name -- Ht. -- Cl. – Pos. --
Hometown / Last School
Chris
Daniels, A&M-Corpus Christi – 7-0 – Sr. – C --
San Antonio, Texas/Sam Houston HS
Ryan
Bathie, Nicholls State – 6-6 – Jr. – F –
Melbourne, Australia/Mowbray College
Jarvis
Bradley, McNeese State – 6-6 – Sr. – F –
Dallas, Texas/Jacksonville JC
Brandon
Bush, Texas State – 6-7 – Jr. – G – Houston,
Texas/Mayde Creek HS
Rog'er
Guignard, UT Arlington – 5-11 – So. – G –
Mesquite, Texas/Horn HS
Honorable
Mention: Shamir McDaniel, Sam Houston State, Darren
Hopkins, Lamar, John Ford, McNeese State, Colby Bargeman,
Northwestern State, Eric Bell, Stephen F. Austin, Anthony Vereen,
UT Arlington, Justin Reynolds, A&M-Corpus Christi.
Player
of the Year – Josh Alexander, Stephen F. Austin
Newcomer
of the Year – Kenny Dawkins, Lamar
Freshman
of the Year – Devin Gibson, UTSA
Coach
of the Year – Danny Kaspar, Stephen F. Austin
