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The University of Utah Athletics
Utes' Bryant, Nevill Earn All-MWC Accolades
3/10/2008 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 10, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced its 2007-08 men's basketball awards Monday. The league's nine men's head coaches, along with a selected media panel, picked the all-conference teams, as well as the coach, player, newcomer, freshman and defensive awards.
Utah's Johnnie Bryant and Luke Nevill were both named to the All-MWC Second Team. Nevill, a 7-foot 1-inch, junior center, currently leads the team in scoring (15.0 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg). Bryant is the team's top 3-point shooter (.453) and free-throw shooter (.923).
UNLV Head Coach Lon Kruger captured MWC Coach of the Year honors for the first time, while BYU's Lee Cummard and New Mexico's J.R. Giddens were named Co-Players of the Year. Additionally, Air Force's Tim Anderson garnered Defensive Player of the Year accolades, Colorado State's Marcus Walker was chosen as the Newcomer of the Year and San Diego State's Billy White was tabbed the Freshman of the Year.
All nine Mountain West institutions were represented on the 15-member all-MWC teams. Regular-season champion BYU and San Diego State led the league with three all-conference selections apiece, highlighted by unanimous first-team honoree Cummard for the Cougars. UNLV and Utah also had multiple players chosen with two each, while Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, TCU and Wyoming had one apiece.
Five players were repeat all-conference selections. Trent Plaisted of BYU and Brandon Ewing of Wyoming are both third-time honorees, with Plaisted moving up to the first team after consecutive second-team selections, while Ewing is a second-team choice for the second straight year, following third-team accolades in 2005-06. Cummard makes the leap to the first team after receiving third-team kudos last season. UNLV's Wink Adams was a first-team member this year after earning second-team honors in 2006-07, while Utah's Nevill moves up to the second team following a third-team appearance last year.
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