LORMAN, Miss. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced its Division I All-District teams and junior
Reginal Johnson from the Alcorn State University men's basketball program was named to the Second-Team, while
Montez Robinson earned Co-Coach of the Year.
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Robinson, who completed his second season at the helm, split the Coach of the Year award with Mark Slessinger from the University of New Orleans.
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Robinson picked up the accolade after being tabbed SWAC Coach of the Year. He posted back-to-back winning seasons in conference at Alcorn for the first time in 15 years. Additionally, he elevated the Braves from a ninth-place finish from the year before his arrival to consecutive second-place finishes.
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Click here to read how Robinson restored the program on and off the court.
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Johnson earned his third postseason honor after being named to the SWAC All-Conference Second-Team and SWAC All-Tournament Team. A two-time SWAC Player of the Week winner, Johnson reached double-figures in scoring in 30 of the last 31 games. He netted at least 20 points five time on the season including outings of 28 and 27 in a pair of regular season meetings against Mississippi Valley State.
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Johnson, a Monroe, Louisiana product, led the team with 15.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while shooting .527 from the field. In conference games, he ranked top-five in the league in offensive rebounds (2.3 orpg), eighth in scoring (16.0 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg), and top-10 in field goal percentage (.530), defensive rebounding (4.3 drpg) and free throw percentage (.738).
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District 23 First-Team
Rashawn Thomas, Texas A&M-CC
Erik Thomas, New Orleans
Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas
Zach Lofton, Texas Southern
Shawn Prudhomme, Southern
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District 23 Second-Team
Reginal Johnson, Alcorn State
Ehab Amin, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Colton Weisbrod, Lamar
Tre'lun Banks, Southern
Ty Charles, Stephen F. Austin
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District 23 Coach of the Year
Montez Robinson, Alcorn State and Mark Slessinger, New Orleans
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About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by 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 has 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.
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